Developing an observation system to capture instructional differences in engineering classrooms

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-336

  Harris, Alene H ^a   Cox, Monica Farmer ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; RATING; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

ASSESSMENT TOOLS; BIOENGINEERING; CLASSROOMS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 3142655889     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2003.tb00777.x     Document Type: Article

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