Student assessment of a problem-based learning experiment in civil engineering education

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-18

  De Camargo Ribeiro, Luis Roberto ^a   Mizukami, Maria Da Graça Nicoletti ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Learning; Students; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING (PBL); TEACHING METHODS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 12344312324     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2005)131:1(13)     Document Type: Article

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