A framework for posing open-ended engineering problems: Model-eliciting activities

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Diefes Dux, Heidi A ^a   Moore, Tamara ^a   Zawojewski, Judith ^b   Imbrie, P K ^a   Follman, Deborah ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABET criteria; Engineering problem solving; Mathematical modeling; Open ended problems

Indexed keywords

ABET CRITERIA; ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING; MODEL-ELICITING ACTIVITIES; OPEN-ENDED PROBLEMS;

CURRICULA; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 21644474987     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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