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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Moving from Quantitative to Qualitative Analysis to Capture the Development of Self-Directed Learning for a Cohort of Engineering Students

Presented at NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Authors
  1. Dr. Katherine C. Chen Orcid 16x16http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5428-7196 California Polytechnic State University [biography]

    Dr. Katherine C. Chen is Professor and Chair of the Materials Engineering department at the California Polytechnic (Cal Poly) State University, San Luis Obispo. Her degrees in Materials Science are from Michigan State University and MIT. She teaches a wide variety of different engineering courses and her research interests include diversity in STEM, lifelong learning, and informal education.

  2. Prof. Jonathan D. Stolk Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
  3. Prof. Roberta J Herter California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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