A cross-sectional study of engineering students' self-efficacy by gender, ethnicity, year, and transfer status

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-172

  Concannon, James P ^a   Barrow, Lloyd H ^b  

^a WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering; Ethnicity; Gender; Self efficacy; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549124328     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-008-9141-3     Document Type: Article

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