Attitudes of tertiary students towards a group project in a science unit

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-311

  Bartle, Emma K ^a,b   Dook, Jan ^b   Mocerino, Mauro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

applications of chemistry; collaborative learning; non chemistry majors; service teaching; small group learning; student attitudes; teamwork skills; undergraduate chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861585485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/C1RP90037D     Document Type: Article

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