Engineering students' intelligence beliefs and learning

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 369-387

  Stump, Glenda S ^a   Husman, Jenefer ^b   Corby, Marcia ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Phoenix College   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Intelligence beliefs; Knowledge building behaviors

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES; BIVARIATE CORRELATIONS; COLLABORATION; INTELLECTUAL ABILITY; INTELLIGENCE BELIEFS; KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING BEHAVIORS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84903814618     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jee.20051     Document Type: Article

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