Assessing the outcomes of student involvement in research: Educational outcomes in an Engineering Research Center

Research Evaluation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-322

  Ponomariov, Branco ^a   Welch, Eric ^b   Melkers, Julia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77449155172     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/095820209X475351     Document Type: Article

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