A project-based active and cooperative learning approach to improving manufacturing engineering education

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fang, Ning ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MANUFACTURE; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

ACTIVE-AND-COOPERATIVE LEARNING; MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING EDUCATION; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MANUFACTURING PROJECTS; MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION; STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029076331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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