Retention and progression of engineering students with diverse mathematical backgrounds

Teaching Mathematics and its Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 156-166

  Bamforth, Sarah E ^a   Robinson, Carol L ^a   Croft, Tony ^a   Crawford, Adam ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

RISK PERCEPTION; TEACHING;

% REDUCTIONS; ADDITIONAL STUDENT NUMBERS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS; FIRST YEAR; HIGH EDUCATIONS; LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY; MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE; MATHEMATICS EDUCATION; PRE-SESSIONAL COURSE; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 36849019369     PISSN: 02683679     EISSN: 14716976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/teamat/hrm004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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