Engineering students' mathematical problem solving strategies in capstone projects

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 5537-5550

  Cardella, Monica E ^a   Atman, Cynthia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CURRICULA; DATA REDUCTION; DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

CAPSTONE PROJECTS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING STUDENTS; PROJECT DESIGN;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 22544475320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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