Graves, W., & Chun, Y. H., & Klosky, J. L., & Barry, B. E. (2015, June), Will They Remember? Measured Knowledge Retention Across Statics and Solid Mechanics  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.25077

\bibitem{asee_peer_25077}
  Graves, W., \& Chun, Y. H., \& Klosky, J. L., \& Barry, B. E. (2015, June), \emph{Will They Remember? Measured Knowledge Retention Across Statics and Solid Mechanics}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.25077

William Graves P.E., Young Hwan Chun, James Ledlie Klosky P.E., and Brock E. Barry P.E..  "Will They Remember? Measured Knowledge Retention Across Statics and Solid Mechanics".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/25077 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_25077}
  William Graves P.E., Young Hwan Chun, James Ledlie Klosky P.E., and Brock E. Barry P.E..
  "Will They Remember? Measured Knowledge Retention Across Statics and Solid Mechanics".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/25077 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

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