Reflections on teaching and learning in an advanced undergraduate course in embedded systems

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 400-412

  Rover, Diane T ^a   Mercado, Ramon A ^a   Zhang, Zhao ^a   Shelley, Mack C ^b   Helvick, Daniel S ^c  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^c Garmin International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior; Curriculum integration; Embedded computer systems

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LABORATORIES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; TAXONOMIES; TEACHING;

BLOOM'S TAXONOMIES; COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORS; COURSE DESIGNS; CURRICULUM INTEGRATION; EMBEDDED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGNS; FLORIDA; GRADUATE LEVELS; INTEGRATED SERIES; IOWA STATE UNIVERSITIES; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; LEARNING MODELS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; STUDENT LEARNINGS; SYSTEM-LEVEL DESIGNS; TEACHING AND LEARNINGS; UNDERGRADUATE COURSES;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 56149084164     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2008.921792     Document Type: Article

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