Providing solutions through problem-based learning for the undergraduate 1st year chemistry laboratory

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-361

  Kelly, Orla C ^a,b   Finlayson, Odlila E ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative assessment; General chemistry; Group work; Laboratory work; Pre labs; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547216359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/B7RP90009K     Document Type: Article

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