Creativity of engineering students as perceived by faculty: A case study

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 264-272

  Chen, Chi Kuang ^a   Hsu, Kuang Yaio ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Creative characteristics; Creativity survey; Perception of creativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645777452     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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