Assessing readiness for self-directed learning

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 7925-7934

  Litzinger, Thomas ^a,b   Wise, John ^a   Lee, SangHa ^a   Bjorklund, Stefani ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Leonhard Ctr Enhancement Eng Educ   (United States)

^c Leonhard Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSTONE COURSES; CONFERENCES; LEARNING PROCESS; SKILLS;

CURRICULA; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; ENGINEERS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MOTIVATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744291029     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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