Software for measuring the intellectual development of students: Advantages and limitations

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 3677-3694

  Pavelich, Michael J ^a   Miller, Ronald L ^a   Olds, Barbara M ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cogito; Intellectual development; Neural network

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (ABET); ASSESSMENT; COGITO; INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACCREDITATION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; NEURAL NETWORKS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 8744224420     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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