Assessing engineering students' abilities to resolve ethical dilemmas

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Sindelar, Mark ^a   Shuman, Larry ^a   Besterfield Sacre, Mary ^a   Miller, Ronald ^b   Mitcham, Carl ^b   Olds, Barbara ^b   Pinkus, Rosa ^c   Wolfe, Harvey ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Ethical dilemmas; Moral problem solving

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; CREATIVE MIDDLE-GROUND RESOLUTION; ETHICAL DILEMMAS; MORAL PROBLEM SOLVING; WEB-BASED ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT;

ACCREDITATION; CURRICULA; DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 1642560766     PISSN: 01905848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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