The development of creative problem solving in chemistry

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-113

  Wood, Colin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Discussion; Problem solving; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646352952     PISSN: 11094028     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/B6RP90003H     Document Type: Article

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