Investigating engineering students' and practitioners' mathematical thinking

Research in Engineering Education Symposium 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 262-266

  Cardella, Monica E ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL EDUCATIONS; MATHEMATICAL THINKING;

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84881443940     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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