Using lecture demonstrations to promote the refinement of concepts: The case of teaching solvent miscibility

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-196

  Ashkenazi, Guy ^a   Weaver, Gabriela C ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom discussion; Confrontation demonstrations; Intermolecular interactions; Lecture demonstrations; Refinement demonstrations; Solvent miscibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247507296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/B6RP90029A     Document Type: Article

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