Advancing global capacity for engineering education research: Relating research to practice, policy and industry

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-134

  Jesiek, Brent K ^a   Borrego, Maura ^b   Beddoes, Kacey ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering education research; Policy; Practice; Translation and enrolment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952894269     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043791003596928     Document Type: Article

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