Collaborative design learning and thinking style awareness

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 948-958

  Volpentesta, Antonio P ^a   Ammirato, Salvatore ^a   Sofo, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaborative design learning; Preferential thinking; Project based learning; Thinking style

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN; COLLABORATIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; PREFERENTIAL THINKING; PROJECT BASED LEARNING; PROJECT DESIGNS; THINKING STYLES;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84865148918     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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