A quantitative approach to identifying threshold concepts in engineering education

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Holloway, M ^a   Alpay, E ^a   Bull, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE COURSE; ENGINEERING CONCEPTS; FIRST YEAR; HANDHELDS; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; STUDENT SURVEYS; WAYS OF THINKING;

CURRICULA; ENGINEERS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84857665957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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