Chemistry education: Ten heuristics to tame

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1091-1097

  Talanquer, Vicente ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

General Public; Learning Theories; Problem Solving Decision Making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906057686     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed4008765     Document Type: Review

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