An exploratory factor analysis of the Pittsburgh Freshman Engineering Attitudes Survey

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hilpert, Jonathan ^a   Stump, Glenda ^a   Husman, Jenefer ^a   Kim, Wonsik ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Engineering education; Factor analysis; PFEAS

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION; EDUCATIONAL CAREERS; ENGINEERING CLASSROOMS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FRESHMAN ENGINEERINGS; PFEAS; PITTSBURGH; PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES;

ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

TEACHING;

EID: 78650758879     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2008.4720400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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