Impact of supplemental instruction in entry-level chemistry courses at a midsized public university

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 449-455

  Rath, Kenneth A ^a   Peterfreund, Alan ^a   Bayliss, Frank ^b   Runquist, Elizabeth ^b   Simonis, Ursula ^b  

^a SageFox Consulting Group   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; First Year Undergraduate General; Minorities in Chemistry; Second Year Undergraduate; Student Centered Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858668764     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed100337a     Document Type: Article

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