Measuring cognitive growth in engineering undergraduates: A longitudinal study

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 7015-7022

  Wise, John ^a   Lee, Ha Sang ^e   Litzinger, Thomas A ^a,c   Marra, Rose M ^d   Palmer, Betsy ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Leonhard Center   (United States)

^d Sch Info Sci and Lrng Technol   (United States)

^e Sch Info Sci and Lrng Technol ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE GROWTH; INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNDERGRADUATES;

CURRICULA; DATA ACQUISITION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROGRAM ASSEMBLERS; STUDENTS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 8744263086     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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