Understanding the role of self-efficacy in engineering education

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 247-251

  Ponton, Michael K ^a   Edmister, Julie Horine ^a   Ukeiley, Lawrence S ^a   Seiner, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b The University of Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DECISION MAKING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

COGNITIVE THEORY; ENGINEERING CURRICULUM; LECTURES; SELF-EFFICACY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 19644382364     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2001.tb00599.x     Document Type: Article

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