Women engineering students and self-efficacy: A multi-year, multi-institution study of women engineering student self-efficacy

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-38

  Marra, Rose M ^a   Rodgers, Kelly A ^b   Shen, Demei ^a,d   Bogue, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d 303 Townsend Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering curriculum; Gender; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

CAREER PATHS; ENGINEERING CURRICULUM; ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS; GENDER; GROWING BODIES; NON-TRADITIONAL; SELF EFFICACY;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 59849089960     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2009.tb01003.x     Document Type: Article

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