Identifying the learning needs in mathematics of entrants to undergraduate engineering programmes in an english university

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-71

  Armstrong, P K ^a   Croft, A C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

BASIC MATHEMATICS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING; UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84922847709     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043799908923538     Document Type: Article

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