The development and implementation of a problem-based learning format in a fourth-year undergraduate synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry laboratory course

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-57

  Flynn, Alison B ^a   Biggs, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative cooperative learning; Curriculum; Inquiry based discovery learning; Laboratory instruction; Medicinal chemistry; Organic chemistry; Problem solving decision making; Student centered learning; Upper division undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855370054     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed101041n     Document Type: Article

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