Looking toward the real world: Student conceptions of engineering

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 329-348

  Dunsmore, Katherine ^a   Turns, Jennifer ^b   Yellin, Jessica M ^b  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conception; Discourse analysis; Mechanical engineering; Portfolio

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; LINGUISTICS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SEMANTICS; TEACHING;

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; CONCEPTION; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING EDUCATORS; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES; LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE; PORTFOLIO;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79956114930     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2011.tb00016.x     Document Type: Article

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