Testing and validation of the signals and systems concept inventory

Proceedings of 2002 IEEE 10th Digital Signal Processing Workshop, DSP 2002 and 2nd Signal Processing Education Workshop, SPE 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 151-156

  Wage, K E ^a   Buck, J R ^b   Welch, T B ^c   Wright, C H G ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; EDUCATION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS; CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; CONTINUOUS-TIME SIGNAL; FORCE CONCEPT INVENTORY; MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM; SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS CONCEPT INVENTORIES; STUDENT PERFORMANCE;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84954288377     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DSPWS.2002.1231094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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