Incorporating complexity into undergraduate engineering development through the research communications studio

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 7791-7801

  Craig, Nadia ^a   Thompson, Nancy ^a   Donath, Loralee ^a   Matthews, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LINGUISTICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

COMMUNICATION SKILLS; DISTRIBUTED COGNITION; METACOGNITION SKILLS; RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS STUDIO (RCS);

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 22544436085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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