Chemical education research: High school chemistry instructional practices and their association with college chemistry grades

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1040-1046

  Tai, Robert H ^a   Sadler, Philip M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EDUCATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

CHEMICAL EDUCATION; DEMOGRAPHIC IDENTIFIERS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHEMISTRY;

EID: 34249779539     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1040     Document Type: Article

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