Internationalisation of the chemistry curriculum: Two problem-based learning activities for undergraduate chemists

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-128

  Overton, Tina L ^a   Bradley, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context and problem based learning; Internationalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955818984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c005356m     Document Type: Article

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