Development and initial experience with a laptop-based student assessment system to enhance classroom instruction

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 9991-9997

  Brophy, Sean P ^a   Norris, Matthew ^a,b   Nichols, M ^a   Jansen, E D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Epic Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWSER-BASED SOLUTIONS; CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS; ENGINEERING STUDENTS;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FEEDBACK; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744250218     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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