Use of guided inquiry as an active learning technique in engineering

2009 Research in Engineering Education Symposium, REES 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Douglas, Elliot P ^a   Chiu, Chu Chuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNERS; ACTIVE LEARNING; ACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; GUIDED INQUIRY; LEARNING GAIN; MATERIALS CLASS; MATERIALS CONCEPT INVENTORY; RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENT ASSESSMENT; STUDENT SATISFACTION; TWO SECTION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; RESEARCH; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84857752096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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