The perspective of non-engineers on technological literacy

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 5085-5096

  Krupczak Jr , John ^a   Green, Charles W ^a  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON-ENGINEERING STUDENTS; STUDENT EXPECTATIONS; TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY;

CURRICULA; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; TEXTBOOKS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8644226165     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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