Atilola, O., & Vides, F., & McTigue, E. M., & Linsey, J. S., & Hammond, T. A. (2012, June), Automatic Identification of Student Misconceptions and Errors for Truss Analysis  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21004

\bibitem{asee_peer_21004}
  Atilola, O., \& Vides, F., \& McTigue, E. M., \& Linsey, J. S., \& Hammond, T. A. (2012, June), \emph{Automatic Identification of Student Misconceptions and Errors for Truss Analysis}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--21004

Olufunmilola Atilola, Francisco Vides, Erin M. McTigue, Julie S. Linsey, and Tracy Anne Hammond Ph.D..  "Automatic Identification of Student Misconceptions and Errors for Truss Analysis".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/21004 Internet.  26 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_21004}
  Olufunmilola Atilola, Francisco Vides, Erin M. McTigue, Julie S. Linsey, and Tracy Anne Hammond Ph.D..
  "Automatic Identification of Student Misconceptions and Errors for Truss Analysis".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/21004 Internet.  26 Dec, 2024

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