Implementing POGIL in the lecture and the Science Writing Heuristic in the laboratory - Student perceptions and performance in undergraduate organic chemistry

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-156

  Schroeder, Jacob D ^a   Greenbowe, Thomas J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Cooperative learning; Guided inquiry instruction; Laboratory instruction; Learning cycle; POGIL activities; Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) laboratory format

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749113789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b806231p     Document Type: Article

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