Using the SAT and ACT scores for placement into engineering freshman courses

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Veenstra, Cindy ^a   Herrin, Gary D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b and Architecture   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROBABILITY; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING FRESHMAN COURSES; ENGINEERING STUDENT; PLACEMENT;

CURRICULA;

EID: 85029084042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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