Classroom learning and instruction in high school pre-college engineering settings: A video-based analysis

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nathan, Mitchell ^a   Oliver, Kyle ^a   Prevost, Amy ^a   Tran, Natalie ^b   Phelps, Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CURRICULA; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

CLASSROOM INTERACTION; CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES; ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS; ENGINEERING CONCEPTS; ENGINEERING COURSEWORK; PROJECT BASED LEARNING; TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029075411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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