Educating effective engineering designers: The role of reflective practice

Design Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-294

  Adams, Robin S ^a   Turns, Jennifer ^a   Atman, Cynthia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Design education; Engineering design; Protocol analysis; Reflective practice

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING DESIGN;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0037408627     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-694X(02)00056-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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