Development of a concept inventory for strength of materials

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages T3D29-T3D33

  Richardson, Jim ^a   Steif, Paul ^b   Morgan, Jim ^c   Dantzler, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept inventory; Strength of materials; Student misconceptions

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

CONCEPT INVENTORIES; ENGINEERING SCIENCE; FORCE CONCEPT INVENTORY; PROJECT TEAM; PSYCHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING; STUDENT MISCONCEPTIONS;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84945911713     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2003.1263342     Document Type: Conference Paper

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