Results from a statics concept inventory and their relationship to other measures of performance in statics

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Steif, Paul S ^a   Dollár, Anna ^b   Dantzler, John A ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Censeo Research Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Concept; Inventory; Predictive validity; Statics

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT INVENTORIES; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

STATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947223231     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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