High school chemistry content background of introductory college chemistry students and its association with college chemistry grades

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1703-1711

  Tai, Robert H ^a   Ward, R Bruce ^b   Sadler, Philip M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PHYSICS; STOICHIOMETRY; STUDENTS;

COLLEGE CHEMISTRY GRADES; HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY; INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE CHEMISTRY; INTRODUCTORY SCIENCE COURSEWORK;

CHEMISTRY;

EID: 33750574363     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1703     Document Type: Article

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