Effects on student achievement in general chemistry following participation in an online preparatory course

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 547-553

  Botch, Beatrice ^a   Day, Roberta ^a   Vining, William ^a,b   Stewart, Barbara ^a,c   Rath, Kenneth ^d   Peterfreund, Alan ^d   Hart, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c University of Maine   (United States)

^d Peterfreund Associates   (United States)

^e Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

GENERAL CHEMISTRY; ONLINE PREPARATORY COURSE; ONLINE WEB-BASED LEARNING (OWL) SYSTEM;

CHEMISTRY;

EID: 33947232889     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p547     Document Type: Article

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