Biochemistry instructors' views toward developing and assessing visual literacy in their courses

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-31

  Linenberger, Kimberly J ^a,b   Holme, Thomas A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Chemistry Education Research; Testing Assessment; Upper Division Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921340567     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed500420r     Document Type: Article

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