A rocky journey toward effective assessment of visualization modules for learning enhancement in engineering mechanics

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 150-162

  Jensen, Dan ^a   Self, Brian ^a   Rhymer, Don ^a   Wood, John ^b   Bowe, Marty ^c  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c Canton Ohio Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Engineering mechanics; Multimedia instruction modules; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042542837     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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