Students with differing design processes as freshmen: Case studies on change

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 246-259

  Cardella, Monica E ^a   Atman, Cynthia J ^b   Turns, Jennifer ^b   Adams, Robin S ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Change; Design; Engineering design task; Engineering education research; Personas; Problem scoping; Undergraduate; Verbal protocol analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349103135     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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