A comparison of engineering students' reflections on their first-year experiences

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-178

  Meyers, Kerry L ^a   Silliman, Stephen E ^a   Gedde, Natalie L ^b   Ohland, Matthew W ^c  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

First year engineering; Gender; Mentoring

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING; FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE; GENDER; MENTORING; RETROSPECTIVE SURVEYS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 77951201314     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01053.x     Document Type: Article

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