High school student modeling in the engineering design process

International Journal of Technology and Design Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 293-316

  Mentzer, Nathan ^a   Huffman, Tanner ^a   Thayer, Hilde ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering design; Modeling; Models; Technology education

Indexed keywords

MODELS; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

CAPSTONE ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84906303954     PISSN: 09577572     EISSN: 15731804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10798-013-9260-x     Document Type: Article

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