Student explanations of answers to concept questions as a window into prior misconceptions

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 6-11

  Newcomer, Jeffrey L ^a   Steif, Paul S ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept; Misconception; Protocol; Statics

Indexed keywords

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

ASSESSING KNOWLEDGE; CONCEPT; CONCEPT QUESTIONS; CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE; CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS; MISCONCEPTION; PROTOCOL ANALYSIS; STATICS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 48749100929     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2006.322348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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