Continuous improvement in electronic engineering education

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-265

  Plaza, Immaculada ^a   Medrano, Carlos T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cooperative learning; Engineering education; Interdisciplinary; Quality; Teaching innovation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; INNOVATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COOPERATIVE LEARNING; DIGITAL ELECTRONICS; INTERDISCIPLINARY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 34548237743     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2007.901981     Document Type: Article

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