Teaching high school chemistry in the context of pharmacology helps both teachers and students learn

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 744-750

  Schwartz Bloom, Rochelle D ^a   Halpin, Myra J ^b   Reiter, Jerome P ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acids bases; Chemical education research; Distance learning self instruction; Drugs pharmaceuticals; Enzymes; High school introductory chemistry; Inquiry based discovery learning; Interdisciplinary multidisciplinary; Oxidation reduction; Testing assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957664327     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed100097y     Document Type: Article

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