Heuristic chemistry - A qualitative study on teaching domain-specific strategies for the six-electron case

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-347

  Graulich, Nicole ^a   Tiemann, Rüdiger ^b   Schreiner, Peter R ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84866021908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1rp90074a     Document Type: Article

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