Efficacy of using a single, non-technical variable to predict the academic success of freshmen engineering students

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-48

  Lackey, Laura W ^a,c   Lackey, W Jack ^b   Grady, Helen M ^a,c   Davis, Marjorie T ^a,c  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; CURRICULA; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

DIALECTIC COURSE; ENGINEERING SCHOOL; FRESHMAN STUDENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 3142729251     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2003.tb00736.x     Document Type: Article

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