Learning to be real engineers: The dam game simulation

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 101-114

  Gribble, Susan J ^a   Scott, David ^a   Mawdesley, Mick ^b   Al Jibouri, Saad ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Civil engineering; Constructivist learning; Interpretive research; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449111350     PISSN: 17452007     EISSN: 17527589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17452007.2006.9684608     Document Type: Article

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