Inquiry-based learning in civil engineering laboratory classes

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 138-143

  Boxall, Joby ^a   Tait, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education training; Hydraulics hydrodynamics; River engineering

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; EDUCATION; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LABORATORY METHOD; LEARNING; RIVER; TRAINING;

EID: 49449092425     PISSN: 0965089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2008.161.3.138     Document Type: Article

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