Engineering as lifestyle and a meritocracy of difficulty: Two pervasive beliefs among engineering students and their possible effects

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Stevens, Reed ^a   Amos, Daniel ^a   Jocuns, Andrew ^a   Garrison, Lari ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CAEE (Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

CAREERS; ENGINEERING STUDENTS; ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES; ETHNOGRAPHIC INTERVIEWS; UNITED STATES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029038198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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