Student assessment precision in mechanical engineering courses

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-278

  Green, Sheldon I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

META-ANALYSIS; PASS-FAIL CLASSIFICATION; SAT SCORES; STANDARD DEVIATION;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 21244438778     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00848.x     Document Type: Article

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