The role of the laboratory in undergraduate engineering education

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-130

  Feisel, Lyle D ^a,c   Rosa, Albert J ^b,c  

^a State University of New York at Binghamton   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

History of laboratories; Laboratories; Learning objectives

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DATA REDUCTION; DIGITAL COMPUTERS; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INTERNET; LABORATORIES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES; ENGINEERING SCIENCE; INSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORIES; LEARNING OBJECTIVES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 14244269175     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00833.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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