Learning stoichiometry: A comparison of text and multimedia formats

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 208-218

  Evans, Karen L ^a   Yaron, David ^b   Leinhardt, Gaea ^c  

^a MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitively informed instruction; Online instruction; Randomized design; Stoichiometry; Undergraduate general chemistry; Virtual laboratory

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749083986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b812409b     Document Type: Article

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