Embodied experiences within an engineering curriculum

Learning in the Disciplines: ICLS 2010 Conference Proceedings - 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 706-713

  Bolger, Molly ^a   Kobiela, Marta ^a   Weinberg, Paul ^a   Lehrer, Rich ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMBODIED EXPERIENCE; ENGINEERING CURRICULUM; LINKED LEVERS; ROTARY MOTIONS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84880523846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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