Designing a sequence of design courses to improve student performance and retention at a minority institution

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ho, Nhut ^a   Ryan, Robert ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY , NORTHRIDGE; COURSE SEQUENCES; CURRICULUM DESIGNS; ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; MINORITY INSTITUTIONS; PERSONAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS; STUDENT PERFORMANCE;

CURRICULA;

EID: 85029093197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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