Connecting to the future: How the perception of future impacts engineering undergraduate students' learning and performance

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chung, Wen Ting ^a   Lee, Jieun ^a   Husman, Jenefer ^a   Stump, Glenda ^a   Maez, Cecelia ^a   Done, Aaron ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Active learning; Engineering retention; Future time perspective; Selfefficacy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; ACTIVE LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; KNOWLEDGE BUILDING; LEARNING COURSE; RECENT TRENDS; SELF EFFICACY; TIME PERSPECTIVE;

BIOGRAPHIES; COLLEGE BUILDINGS; CURRICULA; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 77951495364     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2009.5350499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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