The role of structure of the discipline in improving student understanding: The case of organic chemistry

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1376-1381

  Green, Gail ^a   Rollnick, Marissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

LOGICAL ORGANIZATION; NORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION (NSE); ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE;

CHEMISTRY;

EID: 33748260975     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1376     Document Type: Article

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