Developing a motivational freshman course in using the principle of attached learning

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-106

  Yokomoto, Charles F ^a,b   Rizkalla, Maher E ^a,b   O'Loughlin, Carol L ^a,b   El Sharkawy, Mohamed A ^a,b   Lamm, Nancy P ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ATTACHED LEARNING; STUDENT SATISFACTION; TEACHING STRATEGIES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 19544390714     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1999.tb00418.x     Document Type: Article

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