Effect of pedagogy on conceptual change in an introductory materials science course

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 869-879

  Krause, Steve ^a   Kelly, Jacquelyn ^a   Tasooji, Amaneh ^a   Corkins, James ^b   Baker, Dale ^b   Purzer, Senay ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual change; Learning impediments; Misconceptions; Pedagogy; Teaching effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956421024     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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