Fostering argumentation while solving engineering ethics problems

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 680-702

  Jonassen, David H ^a   Cho, Young Hoan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Engineering ethics

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS; ARGUMENTATION; ENGINEERING ETHICS; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; ETHICAL ISSUES; ETHICAL PROBLEMS; PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 80054068766     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2011.tb00032.x     Document Type: Article

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