Incorporating inquiry-based laboratory experiment in undergraduate environmental engineering laboratory

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-25

  Flora, Joseph R V ^a   Cooper, Adrienne T ^b  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Environmental engineering; Experimentation; Laboratory tests; Undergraduate study

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDY;

CURRICULA; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LABORATORIES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 12344301239     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2005)131:1(19)     Document Type: Review

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