Lessons learned from incorporating Problem-Based Learning and Lego System in Engineering Measurements laboratory

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 9739-9752

  Kou, Zhifeng ^a   Mehta, Sudhir ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING COURSES; HIGHER EDUCATION; INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS; REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 22544487561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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