Designing and teaching courses to satisfy the ABET engineering criteria

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-25

  Felder, Richard M ^a   Brent, Rebecca ^a,b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Education Designs Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CURRICULA; DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

AMERICAN ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ASSESSMENT METHODS; INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 1642433631     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2003.tb00734.x     Document Type: Article

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