Design scenarios as an assessment of adaptive expertise

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 645-651

  Walker, Joan M T ^a   Cordray, David S ^b,d   King, Paul H ^b   Brophy, Sean P ^b,c,e  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VaNTH Engineering Research Center (ERC)

Author keywords

Adaptive expertise; Design; Efficiency; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745256719     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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