Engineering change: A study of the impact of EC2000

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 318-328

  Volkwein, J Fredericks ^a   Lattuca, Lisa R ^a   Terenzini, Patrick T ^a   Strauss, Linda C ^a   Sukhbaatar, Javzan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS BUILDING WORKSHOPS; FACULTY CREDENTIALS; PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS; PROGRAM EVALUATOR TRAINING;

ACCREDITATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 3042513376     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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