The role of laboratory work in university chemistry

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-185

  Reid, Norman ^a   Shah, Iqbal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Open University   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aims and objectives in laboratory instruction; Higher education laboratory work; Post laboratory tasks; Pre laboratory exercises

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247520619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/B5RP90026C     Document Type: Article

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