Demystifying the chemistry literature: Building information literacy in first-year chemistry students through student-centered learning and experiment design

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-57

  Bruehl, Margaret ^a   Pan, Denise ^a   Ferrer Vinent, Ignacio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; First Year Undergraduate General; Inquiry Based Discovery Learning; Interdisciplinary Multidisciplinary; Laboratory Instruction; Problem Solving Decision Making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921340564     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed500412z     Document Type: Article

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