Work in progress - Is attitude toward mathematics a major obstacle to engineering education?

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Sami Fadali, M ^a   Velasquez Bryant, Norma ^a   Robinson, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOB DISCRIPTIONS; LEARNING OBSTACLES; MATHEMATICS LEARNING; MENTAL MODELS;

CURRICULA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 21644433552     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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