Factors related to study success in engineering education;Facteurs Liés au succés des études dans la formation d'Ingénieurs

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-231

  Tynjälä, Päivi ^a   Salminen, Risto T ^b   Sutela, Tuula ^b   Nuutinen, Anita ^a   Pitkänen, Seppo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Learning environment; Learning orientations; Learning strategies; Study success

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650602582     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043790500087225     Document Type: Article

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