Matching Higher-Order Cognitive Skills (HOGS) promotion goals with problem-based laboratory practice in a freshman organic chemistry course

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-171

  Zoller, Uri ^a   Pushkin, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Science Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextualized learning; Critical thinking; Levels of knowledge; Problem solving; Problem based laboratory learning; Situated cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247493348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/B6RP90028C     Document Type: Article

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