Contextualising nanotechnology in chemistry education

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-42

  O'Connor, Christine ^a   Hayden, Hugh ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Contextualisation; Nanotechnology; Student centred learning; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549166558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b801289j     Document Type: Article

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