Perceptions and their influences on approaches to learning

Engineering Education 2010: Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers, EE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tudor, Jenna ^a   Penlington, Roger ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROACHES TO LEARNING; COMPLEX NATURE; ENGINEERING MODULES; LEARNING CONTEXT; MIXED METHOD; MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH; PILOT PHASE; QUALITATIVE DATA; QUALITY OF LEARNING; TEACHING AND LEARNING; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATIONS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; RESEARCH;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84857664088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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