Integrating laboratory activity into a junior high school classroom

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-37

  Shyr, Wen Jye ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Experimental module; Junior high school; Laboratory activity; Renewable energy; Wind power system

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MODULES; JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL; JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WIND POWER SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; INSTRUMENT TESTING; LABORATORIES; STUDENTS; SYSTEM THEORY; TEACHING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

WIND POWER;

EID: 76449086674     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2009.2022547     Document Type: Article

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