Goldstein, M. H., & Adams, R., & Purzer, S. (2017, June), Work In Progress: Assessing Students' Changing Conceptions of Design   Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--29146

\bibitem{asee_peer_29146}
  Goldstein, M. H., \& Adams, R., \& Purzer, S. (2017, June), \emph{Work In Progress: Assessing Students' Changing Conceptions of Design }
  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio.
  10.18260/1-2--29146

Molly H. Goldstein, Robin Adams, and Senay Purzer.  "Work In Progress: Assessing Students' Changing Conceptions of Design ".  2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2017.  https://peer.asee.org/29146 Internet.  19 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_29146}
  Molly H. Goldstein, Robin Adams, and Senay Purzer.
  "Work In Progress: Assessing Students' Changing Conceptions of Design ".
  \emph{2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2017.
  https://peer.asee.org/29146 Internet.  19 Apr, 2024

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