Impact of a spiral organic curriculum on student attrition and learning

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-162

  Grove, Nathaniel P ^a   Hershberger, James W ^a   Bretz, Stacey Lowery ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic chemistry; Spiral curriculum; Student attrition retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749093013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b806232n     Document Type: Article

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