Supplemental instruction for improving first year results in engineering studies

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 655-666

  Malm, Joakim ^a   Bryngfors, Leif ^a   Mörner, Lise Lotte ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

engineering studies; first year experience; supplemental instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866677817     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2010.535610     Document Type: Article

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