Task relevant information in engineering problem solving

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-239

  Kumsaikaew, Piyamart ^a   Jackman, John ^a   Dark, Veronica J ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Information reduction; Problem solving; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; STUDENTS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; INFORMATION REDUCTION;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33845775202     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2006.tb00895.x     Document Type: Article

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