A cross sectional study of engineering self-efficacy

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Concannon, James ^a   Barrow, Llovd H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENGINEERING CAREERS; FRESHMEN ENGINEERING; INTEREST GROUPS; INTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING COURSE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SELF EFFICACY; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 85073137994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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