Exploring gender and self-confidence in engineering students: A multi-method approach

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chachra, Debbie ^a   Kilgore, Deborah ^b  

^a FRANKLIN W OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SURVEYS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; ACADEMIC PATHWAYS STUDY; ENGINEERING DEGREES; ENGINEERING EDUCATORS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; MULTI-METHOD APPROACH; OPEN-ENDED PROBLEMS; PERSISTENCE IN ENGINEERINGS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85029042362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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