The tutor in project-led education: Evaluation of tutor performance

Proceedings of 36th European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI Conference on Quality Assessment, Employability and Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Van Hattum Janssen, N ^a   Vasconcelos, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Project led education; Questionnaire; Tutor roles

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

CRITICAL THINKING; ENGINEERING COURSE; FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING; INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PROCESS; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; PROJECT BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUTOR ROLES;

TEACHING;

EID: 84938775287     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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