A chemistry concept reasoning test

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-209

  Cloonan, Carrie A ^a   Hutchinson, John S ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry MS 60 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Conceptual understanding; General chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054109513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1rp90025k     Document Type: Article

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