Women in engineering: Exploring the effects of project-based learning in a first-year undergraduate engineering program

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zastavker, Yevgeniya V ^a   Ong, Maria ^b   Page, Lindsay ^c  

^a FRANKLIN W OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b TERC   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

First year curriculum; Project based learning; Student performance, interest and participation in engineering; Women in engineering education

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CONNECTIONS (STRUCTURAL); ENGINEERING CURRICULUMS; ENGINEERING SCHOOLS; GROUNDED THEORY; GROUP WORK; HANDS ON ACTIVITIES; PILOT EXPLORATION; PROJECT-BASED LEARNING (PBL); REAL WORLD; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING; WOMEN IN ENGINEERING;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 48749115779     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2006.322485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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