A validation study of a methodology for assessing progress of learning and complex, ill-structured problem solving in stem domains

IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, CELDA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 363-368

  Eseryel, Deniz ^a   Ifenthaler, Dirk ^b   Ge, Xun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Causal diagram; Complex ill structured problem solving; Complex learning; STEM

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; CAUSAL DIAGRAM; COMPLEX LEARNING; ILL-STRUCTURED PROBLEM SOLVING; STEM;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84883021205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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