Low-cost, innovative methodology for teaching engineering through experimentation

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-171

  Cyr, Martha ^a   Miragila, V ^a   Nocera, T ^a   Rogers, C ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; TEACHING;

LEGO DACTA BUILDING BLOCKS; LEGO DATA ACQUISITION AND PROTOTYPING SYSTEM (LDAPS); SOFTWARE PACKAGE LABVIEW;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0031124186     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1997.tb00280.x     Document Type: Article

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