A framework for understanding engineering practice

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Trevelyan, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b School of Mechanical Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STUDENTS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029101049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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