Work in progress: How differences in student motivation characterize differences between engineering disciplines

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kirn, Adam ^a   Morkos, Beshoy ^a   Benson, Lisa ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; engineering disciplines; motivation

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; ENGINEERING EDUCATION REFORMS; FIRST YEAR STUDENTS; LONGITUDINAL DATA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENT ATTITUDES; STUDENT LEARNING; STUDENT MOTIVATION; SURVEY DATA; WORK IN PROGRESS;

ENGINEERING; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84874745545     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2012.6462358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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