Development of a concept inventory in heat transfer

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Prince, Michael ^a   Vgeant, Margot ^b   Nottis, Katharyn ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Concept inventory; Heat; Misconceptions

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; HEATING; RELIABILITY; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS; CONCEPT INVENTORIES; ENGINEERING FACULTY; INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT; INTERNAL RELIABILITIES; MISCONCEPTIONS; RICHARDSON; UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 85029038194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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