Is attending lectures still relevant in engineering education?

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-312

  Fitzpatrick, J ^a   Cronin, K ^a   Byrne, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Lecture relevance; Student attendance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960319762     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2011.585226     Document Type: Article

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