A paradigm for assessing conceptual and procedural knowledge in engineering students

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-345

  Taraban, Roman ^a   DeFinis, Alli ^a   Brown, Ashlee G ^a   Anderson, Edward E ^b   Sharma, M P ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognitive processing; Instructional software; Skill development

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMODYNAMICS;

COGNITIVE PROCESSING; INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE; SKILL DEVELOPMENT; TEXT-BASED SCREENS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 35948980890     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2007.tb00943.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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