Academic integrity among engineering undergraduates: Seven years of research by the E∧3 team

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Finelli, Cynthia ^{a,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Harding, Trevor ^b,k   Carpenter, Donald ^c,g,j,l,m,n   Mayhew, Matthew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Center for Research on Learning and Teaching   (United States)

^f Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning   (United Kingdom)

^g Department of Excellence in Teaching ^*

^h KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ U M Steering Committee for the President's Ethics in Public Life Initiative ^*

^j ERM Division of ASEE

^k CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Lawrence Technological Univ   (United States)

^m Civil Engineering Assessment Program

ⁿ EA/WRAP Waste Protocols Project   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PERSONNEL SELECTION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHERS; ENGINEERING EDUCATORS; ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029127190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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