Supervised coursework as a way of improving motivation in the learning of digital electronics

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 525-528

  Rengel, Raúl ^a   Martín, María J ^a   Vasallo, Beatriz G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digital electronics education; Motivation techniques; Problem based learning (PBL); Tutored coursework

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER ENGINEERING; DIGITAL ELECTRONICS; EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY; MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENTS; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SELF-LEARNING; TUTORED COURSEWORK;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84898799206     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2012.2194293     Document Type: Article

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