Active learning and generic competences in an operating systems course

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1484-1492

  Pérez Martínez, Jorge Enrique ^a   García, Javier ^a   Muñoz, Isabel ^a   Sierra Alonso, Almudena ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active learning; Cooperative learning; Generic competence; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650865737     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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