Students' experience in a general chemistry cooperative problem based laboratory

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 434-442

  Sandi Urena, Santiago ^a   Cooper, Melanie M ^b   Gatlin, Todd A ^a   Bhattacharyya, Gautam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859361514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/C1RP90047A     Document Type: Article

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