Teaching chemical equilibrium with the jigsaw technique

Research in Science Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-260

  Doymus, Kemal ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemical equilibrium; Cooperative learning; Jigsaw technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549093539     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-007-9047-8     Document Type: Article

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