Conceptual labs as an arena for learning: Experiences from a decennium of design and implementation

Proceedings of 36th European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI Conference on Quality Assessment, Employability and Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bernhard, Jonte ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design based research; Engineering education research; Lab work; Learning environment

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; DESIGN; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LABORATORIES; STUDENTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

CRITICAL CONDITION; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DESIGN-BASED RESEARCH; ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCH; INNOVATIVE CURRICULA; LAB-WORK; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84938777431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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