Integrating service learning into introduction to mechanical engineering

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1907-1915

  Tsang, Edmund ^a   Ramage, Cecil ^a   Johnson, Burke ^b   Litchfield, Brenda ^b   Newman, Jean ^b   Dubose, Leevones ^c  

^a University of South Alabama   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Mobile County Public School System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM INTEGRATION; INTEGRATING SERVICE LEARNING; MIDDLE-SCHOOL CLASSROOMS;

CURRICULA; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744310665     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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