Assessing pedagogy in bioengineering classrooms: Quantifying elements of the "How People Learn" model using the VaNTH Observation System (VOS)

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-431

  Cox, Monica F ^a   Cordray, David S ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom assessment; Engineering pedagogy; Observation systems

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT; CLASSROOM INTERACTION; HOW PEOPLE LEARN; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES; STUDENT INTERACTIONS; STUDENT LEARNING; TRADITIONAL PEDAGOGY;

TEACHING;

EID: 68349116054     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2008.tb00990.x     Document Type: Article

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