A qualitative investigation of undergraduate chemistry students' macroscopic interpretations of the submicroscopic structure of molecules

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-213

  Nicoll, Gayle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STUDENTS;

SUBMICROSCOPIC STRUCTURES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 0037316604     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed080p205     Document Type: Article

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