Enhancing the learning experience of undergraduate technology students with LabVIEW™ software

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1579-1588

  Tiernan, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Industrial automation; LabVIEW; Research; Teaching

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER LANGUAGE; CURRENT RESEARCHES; DIRECT EXPERIENCE; GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE; INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION; LABORATORY EXERCISE; LABORATORY SESSIONS; LABVIEW; LABVIEW PROGRAMMING; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; POST-GRADUATE LEVELS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE LABORATORY; STUDENT LEARNING; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS; UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES; VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT;

AUTOMATION; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INDUSTRY; LINGUISTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUERY LANGUAGES; RESEARCH; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77956264566     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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