The use of concept mapping as an alternative form of instruction and assessment in a capstone biomedical engineering design course

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 11356-11365

  Walker, Joan M T ^a   King, Paul H ^b   Cordray, David S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; LEARNING SKILLS; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT LEARNING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CURRICULA; DESIGN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MAPPING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744318544     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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