Feeding back results from a statics concept inventory to improve instruction

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Steif, Paul ^a,b   Hansen, Mary ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

FREE BODY DIAGRAMS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SEMESTERS; STATICS CONCEPT INVENTORY (SCI);

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029042456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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