Logical reasoning ability and student performance in general chemistry

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 541-546

  Bird, Lillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Chemical education research; First year undergraduate general; Gases; Learning theories; Problem solving decision making; Testing assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955892532     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed8001754     Document Type: Article

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