Teaching engineering and technology: Cognitive, knowledge and problem-solving taxonomies

Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 316-333

  Barak, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conceptual; Engineering; Factual; Knowledge; Procedural; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL; DESIGN AND PROBLEM-SOLVING; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; FACTUAL; KNOWLEDGE; PROCEDURAL; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; TAXONOMIES; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84884773214     PISSN: 17260531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JEDT-04-2012-0020     Document Type: Review

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