Engaging and Supporting Problem Solving in Engineering Ethics

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-254

  Davtdh, Jonassen ^a   Shen, Demei ^a,b   Marra, Rose M ^a   Young Hoan, C H O ^a   Jenny, L L O ^c   Lohani, Vlnod K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

CASE BASED; ENGINEERING ETHICS; ETHICAL PROBLEMS; HYPERTEXT LINKS; ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 68949200271     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2009.tb01022.x     Document Type: Article

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