Toward a nationwide dynamics concept inventory assessment test

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 9187-9198

  Gray, Gary L ^a,e   Evans, Don ^b,e   Cornwell, Phillip ^c   Costanzo, Francesco ^a,e   Self, Brian ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^e Department of Engineering Science ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORCE CONCEPT INVENTORY (FCI); NEWTONIAN MECHANICS; RIGID BODY DYNAMICS;

KINEMATICS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744241571     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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