Getting the "big picture " in engineering: Using narratives and conceptual maps

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 6701-6724

  Ellis, Glenn W ^a   Mikic, Borjana ^a   Rudnitsky, Alan N ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING COURSES; ENGINEERING PROGRAMS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; TRAINING SKILLS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CURRICULA; ENGINEERS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744305866     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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