The integration of a viscosity simulator in a chemistry laboratory

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 220-231

  Limniou, Maria ^a   Papadopoulos, Nikos ^b   Giannakoudakis, Andreas ^b   Roberts, David ^c   Otto, Oliver ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemistry laboratory; Cooperative collaborative learning; Interactive learning environments; Simulations; Teaching learning strategies; Viscosity simulator

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247470338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/B6RP90032A     Document Type: Article

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