Model eliciting activities: An in-class approach to improving interest and persistence of women in engineering

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 9841-9855

  Diefes Dux, Heidi ^a,b   Follman, Deborah ^a,b   Imbrie, P K ^a   Zawojewski, Judith ^a,c   Capobianco, Brenda ^a,b   Hjalmarson, Margret ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University ^*

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM REFORM; ENGINEERING COURSES; MODEL ELICITING ACTIVITIES (MEA);

ALGORITHMS; CURRICULA; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 5444271928     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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