Modeling engineering degree attainment using high school and college physics and calculus coursetaking and achievement

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 760-777

  Tyson, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree attainment; Precollege coursetaking; Retention

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

ACADEMIC INTEGRATIONS; COMMUNITY COLLEGE; DEGREE ATTAINMENT; ENGINEERING DEGREES; MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION; PRE-COLLEGE; RETENTION; STANDARDIZED TESTS;

STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS);

EID: 80054071366     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2011.tb00035.x     Document Type: Article

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