An Action Research Project: Student Perspectives on Small-Group Learning in Chemistry

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-115

  Towns, Marcy Hamby ^a   Kreke, Kelley ^a   Fields, Amanda ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039835894     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p111     Document Type: Review

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