Engineering education and the development of expertise

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-150

  Litzinger, Thomas A ^a   Lattuca, Lisa R ^b   Hadgraft, Roger G ^c   Newstetter, Wendy C ^d   Alley, Michael ^a   Atman, Cindy ^e   DiBiasio, David ^f   Finelli, Cindy ^g   Diefes Dux, Heidi ^h   Kolmos, Anette ⁱ   Riley, Donna ^j   Sheppard, Sheri ^k   Weimer, Maryellen ^a   Yasuhara, Ken ^e  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^j SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Deep learning; Expertise; Motivation

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DEEP LEARNING; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

APPROACHES TO LEARNING; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTS; ENGINEERING CURRICULUM; EXPERTISE; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNS; INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 79951601931     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2011.tb00006.x     Document Type: Article

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