Multiple perspectives on engaging future engineers

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-88

  Adams, Robin ^a   Evangelou, Demetra ^a   English, Lyn ^b   De Figueiredo, Antonio Dias ^c   Mousoulides, Nicholas ^d   Pawley, Alice L ^a   Schifellite, Carmen ^e,f   Stevens, Reed ^g   Svinicki, Marilla ^h,i   Trenor, Julie Martin ^j   Wilson, Denise M ^k  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^e RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

ⁱ 1 University Station D5800   (United States)

^j AMRL   (United States)

^k University of Washington   (United States)

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Author keywords

Complexity; Epistemological development; Multiple perspectives

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERS;

COMPLEXITY; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY; DIVERGENT THINKINGS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION INNOVATIONS; ENGINEERING THINKINGS; EPISTEMOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES; STRATEGIES AND TOOLS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 79951611985     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2011.tb00004.x     Document Type: Article

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