Framing inquiry in high school chemistry: Helping students see the bigger picture

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-205

  Criswell, Brett ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High School Introductory Chemistry; Inquiry Based Discovery Learning; Learning Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856557861     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed101197w     Document Type: Article

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