Improving the 3-D spatial visualization skills of women engineering students

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1801-1805

  Sorby, Sheryl A ^a,b   Baartmans, Beverly J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D SPATIAL VISUALIZATION; COURSES; ENGINEERING STUDENTS; PIAGETIAN THEORY;

CURRICULA; ENGINEERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VISUALIZATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744299406     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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