What can we do about 'Parker'? A case study of a good student who didn't 'get' organic chemistry

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-101

  Anderson, Trisha L ^a   Bodner, George M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Narrative analysis; Organic chemistry; Qualitative research; Reaction mechanisms; Student centered research

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749143981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b806223b     Document Type: Article

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