Developing and assessing students' ability to engage in lifelong learning

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 906-916

  Riley, Donna ^a   Claris, Lionel ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Liberative pedagogies; Lifelong learning; Reflection; Relational learning; Self and integrated assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149084364     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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