Prediction of success in engineering study

IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Carnegie, Dale A ^a   Watterson, Craig ^a   Andreae, Peter ^a   Browne, Will N ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

engineering preparation; managed entry; prediction of engineering success

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING PROGRAMMES; FIRST YEAR; GOVERNMENT IS; MANAGED ENTRY; NEW ZEALAND; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; TERTIARY EDUCATION;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; FORECASTING;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 84864139307     PISSN: 21659559     EISSN: 21659567     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EDUCON.2012.6201020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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