The personal exploration rover: Educational assessment of a robotic exhibit for informal learning venues

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 777-791

  Nourbakhsh, Illah ^a,b   Hamner, Emily ^a   Ayoob, Ellen ^a   Porter, Eric ^a   Dunlavey, Brian ^a   Bernstein, Debra ^c   Crowley, Kevin ^c   Lotter, Mark ^d   Shelly, Skip ^d   Hsiu, Thomas ^e   Clancy, Daniel ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d LotterShelly   (United States)

^e Gogoco LLC   (United States)

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