Development of a design task to assess students' understanding of human-centered design

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Melton, Roy B ^a   Cardella, Monica E ^a   Oakes, William C ^a   Zoltowski, Carla B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; design task; human centered design

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN TASKS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGNS; PILOT TESTS; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS;

STUDENTS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84874714587     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2012.6462469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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