Improving problem solving performance by inducing talk about salient problem features

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-142

  Steif, Paul S ^a   Lobue, Jamie M ^b   Kara, Levent B ^a   Fay, Anne L ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c Educational Assessment Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept; Metacognition; Problem solving strategy; Statics

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

CONCEPT; CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; FREE BODY DIAGRAMS; METACOGNITION; PROBLEM-SOLVING PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; STATICS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77951177316     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01050.x     Document Type: Article

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