Assessing engineering competencies: the conditions for educational improvement

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 505-524

  Musekamp, Frank ^a   Pearce, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; educational improvement; engineering competencies; higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924861724     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1004238     Document Type: Article

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