Development of a targeted engineering application course to improve retention

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 4389-4396

  Buechler, Dale N ^a   Papadopoulos, Christopher M ^a   Johnson, Todd R ^a   Key, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CORE ENGINEERING CLASSES; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; PILOT COURSE; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 22544480555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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