A cognitive study of problem solving in statics

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-353

  Litzinger, Thomas A ^a   Vanmeter, Peggy ^a   Firetto, Carla M ^a   Passmore, Lucas J ^b   Masters, Christine B ^c   Turns, Stephen R ^a   Gray, Gary L ^c   Costanzo, Francesco ^a   Zappe, Sarah E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Educational Psychology ^*  (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Metacognitive; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

ANALYTICAL PROBLEMS; COGNITIVE; COGNITIVE ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING; METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES; METACOGNITIVES; PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS; SELF EXPLANATIONS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77958101570     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01067.x     Document Type: Article

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