Supporting mechanical reasoning with a representationally-rich learning environment

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-104

  McKenna, Ann F ^a   Agogino, Alice M ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning environment; Mechanical reasoning; Precollege education

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FEEDBACK; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMPUTER MODULES; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; MECHANICAL REASONING; PRECOLLEGE EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 3142711604     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00794.x     Document Type: Article

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