The effect of context on student engagement in engineering

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 211-224

  Patterson, Eann A ^a   Campbell, Patricia B ^b   Busch Vishniac, Ilene ^c   Guillaume, Darrell W ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Campbell Kibler Associates   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender diversity; Learning style; Recruitment; Retentions everyday examples; Student success

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960310238     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2011.575218     Document Type: Article

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