Problem types in synthetic organic chemistry research: Implications for the development of curricular problems for second-year level organic chemistry instruction

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-185

  Raker, Jeffrey R ^a   Towns, Marcy H ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873542798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2rp90001g     Document Type: Article

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