A historical analysis of the curriculum of organic chemistry using ACS exams as artifacts

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1437-1442

  Raker, Jeffrey R ^a   Holme, Thomas A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic Chemistry; Second Year Undergraduate; Testing Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887578768     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed400327b     Document Type: Article

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