Research on engineering student knowing: Trends and opportunities

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-40

  Turns, Jennifer ^a   Atman, Cynthia J ^a   Adams, Robin S ^a   Barker, Theresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Knowing; Learning

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TEACHING;

ASSESSMENT; ENGINEERING STUDENTS; KNOWING; LEARNING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 14244260214     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00827.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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