A video game for teaching Dynamic Systems & Control to mechanical engineering undergraduates

Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, ACC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 390-395

  Coller, B D ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTIVIST THEORIES; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES; HOW PEOPLE LEARN; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM; VIDEO GAME;

CURRICULA; DYNAMICS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; TEACHING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 77957779935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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