Insisting on truth at the expense of conceptualization: Can engineering portfolios help?

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 551-559

  Eris, Ozgur ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual thinking; Divergent inquiry; Engineering portfolios

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745271335     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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