Shaping the self-efficacy beliefs of first-year engineering students: What is the role we play?

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 12667-12678

  Hutchison, Mica A ^a   Follman, Deborah K ^a,c   Bodner, George M ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Chemical Education

^c Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING STUDENTS; GENDER TRENDS; SELF-EFFICACY; SEMESTERS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 22544484518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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