Helping students make the transition from novice to expert problem-solvers

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Prince, Michael ^a   Hoyt, Brian ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum design; Problem based learning; Teaching problem solving

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CURRICULA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CURRICULUM DESIGN; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0036949136     PISSN: 01905848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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