What your engineering students might be learning from their mathematics pre-reqs (beyond integrals and derivatives)

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Cardella, Monica ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering mathematics; Mathematical thinking; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL-; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENTS; ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS; ENGINEERING PROJECTS; ENGINEERING STUDENTS; FACULTY MEMBERS; GROUNDED THEORY; INTERVIEW RESPONSES; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL THINKING; MATHEMATICS COURSES; MONITORING AND CONTROLLING; SELF-MONITORING; SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

AUTOMATION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CIVIL ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 50049097209     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2007.4418130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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