The development of the redox concept inventory as a measure of students' symbolic and particulate Redox understandings and confidence

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1132-1144

  Brandriet, Alexandra R ^a   Bretz, Stacey Lowery ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; First Year Undergraduate General; High School Introductory Chemistry; Misconceptions Discrepant Events; Oxidation Reduction; Testing Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906061687     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed500051n     Document Type: Article

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