Instructors’ Beliefs on the Importance of Inter-Departmental Curriculum Planning for Engineering Student Learning
By: Michelle Soledad, Jacob Grohs, Homero Murzi and David Knight
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/see.107 | Journal eISSN: 2690-5450
Language: English
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Submitted on: Aug 13, 2022
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