Integrating undergraduate research into engineering: A communications approach to holistic education

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-307

  Thompson, Nancy S ^a,b   Alford, Elisabeth M ^a   Liao, Changyong ^a   Johnson, Robert ^a   Matthews, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Metacognition; Small group learning; Undergraduate research

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

GROUP MANAGEMENT; METACOGNITION; SMALL-GROUP LEARNING; UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 23844554142     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00854.x     Document Type: Review

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