Identifying and removing a calculus prerequisite as a bottleneck in clemson's general engineering curriculum

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-257

  Ohland, Matthew W ^a,b   Yuhasz, Amy G ^a,b   Sill, Benjamin L ^a,c  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b 104 Holtzendorff Hall ^*  (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshman engineering; Longitudinal study; Mathematics readiness

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DATA REDUCTION; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY; STUDENTS;

FRESHMAN ENGINEERING COURSES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICS READINESS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 3342937545     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00812.x     Document Type: Review

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