"I Believe I Will Go out of This Class Actually Knowing Something": Cooperative Learning Activities in Physical Chemistry

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 819-835

  Towns, Marcy Hamby ^a   Grant, Edward R ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0007647528     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2736(199710)34:8<819::aid-tea5>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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