Stitching Circuits: Learning About Circuitry Through E-textile Materials

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 751-763

  Peppler, Kylie ^a   Glosson, Diane ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuitry; Conceptual understanding; E textiles; LilyPad Arduino; Toolkits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884209291     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-012-9428-2     Document Type: Article

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