Characterizing engineering student design processes: An illustration of iteration

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 1271-1281

  Adams, Robin S ^a   Atman, Cynthia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE MODELS; COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING; DESIGN PROBLEMS; VERBAL PROTOCOL DATA;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8644257590     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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