What faculty interviews reveal about meaningful learning in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-288

  Bretz, Stacey Lowery ^a   Fay, Michael ^b   Bruck, Laura B ^c   Towns, Marcy H ^d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Henry District High School   (United States)

^c Wabash Valley College   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; First Year Undergraduate General; Hands On Learning Manipulatives; Laboratory Instruction; Laboratory Management; Learning Theories; Second Year Undergraduate; Upper Division Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874976340     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed300384r     Document Type: Article

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