Student attitudes surveyed in an introductory environmental resources engineering course

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Espinoza, Doreen M ^a   White, Jeffrey W ^b   Eschenbach, Elizabeth A ^b   Cashman, Eileen M ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment of student attitudes; Environmental resources engineering; Environmental sciences; Retention

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT ATTITUDES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; RETENTION;

CURRICULA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 21644444759     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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