Development and validation of the implicit information from Lewis structures instrument (IILSI): Do students connect structures with properties?

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-200

  Cooper, Melanie M ^a   Underwood, Sonia M ^a   Hilley, Caleb Z ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867445129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2rp00010e     Document Type: Article

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