Breadth in design problem scoping: Using insights from experts to investigate student processes

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Morozov, Andrew ^a,b,c   Kilgore, Deborah ^a,b   Atman, Cynthia ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT)

^c Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education (ISEE)

^d NSF Funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE)

^e NSF Funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING DESIGNS; PROBLEM SCOPING BREADTH; PROGRAM PLANNING; QUALITATIVE DATA;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029104274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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