Teaching decision-making in engineering: A review of textbooks and teaching approaches

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Purzer, Senay ^a   Chen, Jing ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISASTERS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; TEACHING; TEXTBOOKS;

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; ENGINEERING DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING EDUCATORS; FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING COURSE; FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING; INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL; TEACHING APPROACHES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 85029110391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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