Taxonomies of engineering competencies and quality assurance in engineering education

Engineering Education Quality Assurance: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 257-295

  Woollacott, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 84856672184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0555-0_21     Document Type: Chapter

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