Designing and incorporating green chemistry courses at a liberal arts college to increase students' awareness and interdisciplinary collaborative work

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1167-1171

  Manchanayakage, Renuka ^a  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; First Year Undergraduate General; Green Chemistry; Inquiry Based Discovery Learning; Student Centered Learning; Upper Division Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884182115     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed300468r     Document Type: Article

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