A rubric to characterize inquiry in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 212-219

  Fay, Michael E ^a   Grove, Nathaniel P ^a   Towns, Marcy Hamby ^b   Bretz, Stacey Lowery ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiment evaluation; Inquiry laboratory; Laboratory curriculum; Rubric; Undergraduate chemistry laboratory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247531990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/B6RP90031C     Document Type: Article

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