An almost paperless organic chemistry course with the use of iPads

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 753-756

  Amick, Aaron W ^a   Cross, Nancy ^a  

^a WASHINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication Writing; Computer Based Learning; Organic Chemistry; Second Year Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900537754     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed400245h     Document Type: Article

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