On the design of learning outcomes for the undergraduate engineer's final year project

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-46

  Thambyah, Ashvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capstone project; Revised bloom's taxonomy; Rubric; Taxonomy table

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951708796     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2010.528559     Document Type: Article

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