Work in Progress - Using Tablet PCs to strengthen problem-solving skills in an upper-level engineering physics course

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kowalski, Frank V ^a   Gök, Tolga ^a   Kowalski, Susan E ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Problem solving skills; Real time formative assessment; Tablet PCs

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INKS; ENGINEERING COURSE; ENGINEERING PHYSICS; FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; STUDENT RESPONSE; TABLET PCS; WEB-BASED SOFTWARES; WORK IN PROGRESS;

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77951435062     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2009.5350612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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