Understanding academic performance in organic chemistry

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1238-1242

  Szu, Evan ^a   Nandagopal, Kiruthiga ^a   Shavelson, Richard J ^a   Lopez, Enrique J ^a   Penn, John H ^b   Scharberg, Maureen ^c   Hill, Geannine W ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Pacific Graduate School of Clinical Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical education research; Learning theories; Organic chemistry; Second year undergraduate; Testing assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051594932     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed900067m     Document Type: Article

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