Progression of student solutions over the course of a model-eliciting activity (MEA)

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Carnes, Mark T ^a   Cardella, Monica E ^a   Diefes Dux, Heidi A ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

First year engineering; Model eliciting activities; Statistics; Student work

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED MODEL; END USERS; FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING; MODEL-ELICITING ACTIVITIES; PEER FEEDBACK; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; SAMPLE SOLUTION; STATISTICAL MEASURES; TEACHING ASSISTANTS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 78751518359     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2010.5673279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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