Developing a measure of interdisciplinary competence

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 726-739

  Lattuca, Lisa R ^a   Knight, David ^b   Bergom, Inger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Interdisciplinary Skills; Learning outcomes

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMPETENCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING; INTERDISCIPLINARY SKILLS; LEARNING OUTCOME;

ACCREDITATION; SURVEYS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84878266566     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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