Pre-collegiate factors influencing the self-efficacy of engineering students

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 604-623

  Fantz, Todd D ^a   Siller, Thomas J ^b   Demiranda, Michael A ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Pipeline; Pre engineering; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PIPELINES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEACHING;

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; ENGINEERING COLLEGES; ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT; ENGINEERING PROGRAM; FIRST YEAR STUDENTS; OUTREACH PROGRAMS; PRE-ENGINEERING; SELF EFFICACY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80051503046     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2011.tb00028.x     Document Type: Article

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