A web-based interactive science and engineering learning tool that promotes concept-based instruction

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Koretsky, Milo ^a   Brooks, Bill ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Biological and Environmental Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; WEB CRAWLER; WEBSITES;

ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING; CONCEPT-BASED INSTRUCTION; CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; DEEPER-LEVEL THINKING; EDUCATIONAL METHODOLOGIES; MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85029053191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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