Development, implementation, and analysis of a national survey of faculty goals for undergraduate chemistry laboratory

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 685-693

  Bruck, Aaron D ^a   Towns, Marcy ^b  

^a Vincennes University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879017973     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed300371n     Document Type: Article

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