The effects of using touch-screen devices on students' molecular visualization and representational competence skills

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1810-1817

  McCollum, Brett M ^a   Regier, Lisa ^a   Leong, Jaque ^a   Simpson, Sarah ^a   Sterner, Shayne ^a  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; Computer Based Learning; First Year Undergraduate General; Hands On Learning Manipulatives; VSEPR Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922440405     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed400674v     Document Type: Article

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