Implementing the science writing heuristic in the chemistry laboratory

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1032-1038

  Burke, K A ^a   Greenbowe, Thomas J ^a   Hand, Brian M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

CHEMISTRY LABORATORY; SCIENCE WRITING HEURISTIC;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33745616485     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1032     Document Type: Article

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