Title :
Training engineers: The school- and home-based predictors of undergraduate engineering achievement in Brazil
Author :
DeBoer, Jennifer
Author_Institution :
Leadership & Policy Studies, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
This study compares the predictive power of university and home background factors in engineering student achievement.
Keywords :
educational institutions; engineering education; further education; Brazil; home background factors; home-based predictors; school-based predictors; training engineers; undergraduate engineering achievement; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Knowledge engineering; Presses; Training; engineering achievement; home and school inputs;
Conference_Titel :
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Marrakech
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1457-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2165-9559
DOI :
10.1109/EDUCON.2012.6201025
