Mind tools for enhancing thinking and learning skills

Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Information Technology Education, SIGITE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 249-254

  Willis, Cheryl L ^a   Miertschin, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

critical thinking; mindtools; problem solving; tablet pc's

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; CRITICAL THINKING; CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS; INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES; MINDTOOLS; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; TABLET PC'S; UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA;

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 51849144829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1095714.1095772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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