Can discovery and intuition be taught?

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Wolaver, Dan ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Design; Discovery; Insight; Intuition

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE; PUZZLES;

CURRICULA; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33947244022     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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