Improving student attitudes about science by integrating research into the introductory chemistry laboratory: Interdisciplinary drinking water analysis

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 862-868

  Richter Egger, Dana L ^a   Hagen, James P ^a   Laquer, Frederic C ^a   Grandgenett, Neal F ^a   Shuster, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical education research; Chromatography; Collaborative Cooperative Learning; Environmental chemistry; First year undergraduate general; Geochemistry; Hands On Learning Manipulatives; Interdisciplinary multidisciplinary; Laboratory Instruction; Quantitative Analysis; Separation Science; Student Centered learning; Undergraduate research; Upper division undergraduate; Water water chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955882827     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed1002064     Document Type: Article

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