The role of prior knowledge on the origin and repair of misconceptions in an introductory class on materials science and engineering

2009 Research in Engineering Education Symposium, REES 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Krause, Steve ^a   Kelly, Jacquelyn ^a   Corkins, James ^a   Tasooji, Amaneh ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT MODEL; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; HOW PEOPLE LEARN; LEARNING STRATEGY; MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; MISSING INFORMATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; RESEARCH;

TEACHING;

EID: 84857765930     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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