Using laptops in engineering courses for real-time data collection and analysis

New Directions for Teaching and Learning

Volumn , Issue 101, 2005, Pages 67-79

  Ohland, Matthew W ^a,b   Stephan, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tau Beta Pi ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33644787289     PISSN: 02710633     EISSN: 15360768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tl.188     Document Type: Article

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