Profiling the desirable CAD trainee: Technical background, personality attributes, and learning preferences

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1210091-12100910

  Hamade, Ramsey F ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

CAD; Learning preferences; Personality attributes; Technical background; Trainee profile

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STARS;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DESIGN SKILLS; FORMAL TRAINING; LEARNING PREFERENCES; LEARNINGSTYLES; MECHANICAL COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGNS; PERSONALITY ATTRIBUTE; TECHNICAL BACKGROUND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; TRAINEE PROFILE;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 77955204590     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000455     Document Type: Article

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