Students' understanding of acids/bases in organic chemistry contexts

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-39

  Cartrette, David P ^a   Mayo, Provi M ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acids bases; Conceptual understanding; Organic chemistry; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054116724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1rp90005f     Document Type: Article

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