A review of research on the teaching and learning of thermodynamics at the university level

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 320-335

  Bain, Kinsey ^a   Moon, Alena ^a   Mack, Michael R ^a   Towns, Marcy H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84904292988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4rp00011k     Document Type: Review

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