The evaluation of integrated courseware: Can interactive molecular modelling help students understand three-dimensional chemistry?

Computers and Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 233-239

  Hyde, R T ^a   Shaw, P N ^a   Jackson, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD LASERS LTD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346404976     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-1315(95)00074-7     Document Type: Article

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