Student-centered science activities in lay science disciplines

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 5347-5355

  Hoop, Bernard ^a,c   Hansberry, Eric W ^a   Voland, Gerard ^b,d,e  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Undergraduate College   (United States)

^e Interprofessional Projects Program

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING COURSES; INTERACTIVE-ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; LECTURES; SCIENCE ACTIVITIES;

DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

STUDENTS;

EID: 8644256719     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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