Designing and assessing a learning environment to support mechanical reasoning

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 12345-12367

  McKenna, Ann ^a   Agogino, Alice ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEGO BUILDINGS; SIMPLE MACHINES; WEB-BASED COMPUTER MODULES;

GEARS; MACHINE COMPONENTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744291778     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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