Undergraduate Engineering Education :
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This paper analyzes a set of undergraduate engineering education curriculum reform proposals that have a relationship with educational research and cognitive psychology. In addition, the paper explores educational research and cognitive psychology research results that provide guidance on undergraduate engineering curriculum design.
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