What lies at the heart of good undergraduate teaching? A case study in organic chemistry

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-366

  Davidowitz, Bette ^a   Rollnick, Marissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

organic chemistry; pedagogical content knowledge (PCK); undergraduate teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861630544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/C1RP90042K     Document Type: Article

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