Investigating engineering students' mathematical modeling abilities in capstone design

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cole, Jennifer ^a   Linsenmeier, Robert ^a   McKenna, Ann ^a   Glucksberg, Matthew ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; ENGINEERING CAPSTONES; ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS; ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL REASONING; OPEN-ENDED PROBLEMS; PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS;

DESIGN;

EID: 85029047905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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