Comparing entering freshman engineers: Institutional differences in student attitudes

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1243-1254

  Besterfield Sacre, Mary ^a   Moreno, Magaly ^a   Shuman, Larry J ^b,d   Atman, Cynthia J ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^e Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS; CLOSED-FORM INSTRUMENTS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FRESHMAN CLASSES;

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; RURAL AREAS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDIZATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERS;

EID: 8644274032     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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