Enhancing student performance in first-semester general chemistry using active feedback through the World Wide Web

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1130-1135

  Chambers, Kent A ^a   Blake, Bob ^b  

^a HARDIN SIMMONS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INTERACTIVE FEEDBACK SYSTEM;

CHEMISTRY;

EID: 34347231262     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1130     Document Type: Article

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