Reviewing and developing course descriptions to comply with accreditation requirements

Global Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-37

  Uziak, Jacek ^a   Oladiran, M Tunde ^a   Moalosi, Richie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Bloom's taxonomy; Course description; Course template; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953769991     PISSN: 13283154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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