Improving conceptual learning in engineering economy using model-eliciting activities (MEAs)

IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2010 Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bursic, Karen M ^a   Shuman, Larry ^a   Besterfield Sacre, Mary ^a   Yildirim, Tuba Pinar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual learning; Engineering economy; Ethics; Model eliciting activities; Open ended problems

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

CONCEPTUAL LEARNING; ENGINEERING ECONOMY; ETHICS; MODEL-ELICITING ACTIVITIES; OPEN-ENDED PROBLEMS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84900993281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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