Measuring engineering design self-efficacy

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-79

  Carberry, Adam R ^a   Lee, Hee Sun ^a   Ohland, Matthew W ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Engineering design; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MOTIVATION;

ASSESSMENT; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS; ON-LINE INSTRUMENTS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-EFFICACY THEORIES; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 73849085390     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01043.x     Document Type: Article

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