Introducing scientific literature to honors general chemistry students: Teaching information literacy and the nature of research to first-year chemistry students

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 617-624

  Ferrer Vinent, Ignacio J ^a   Bruehl, Margaret ^a   Pan, Denise ^a   Jones, Galin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

First Year Undergraduate General; Inquiry Based Discovery Learning; Interdisciplinary Multidisciplinary; Laboratory Instruction; Problem Solving Decision Making; Student Centered Learning; Testing Assessment; Undergraduate Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927787167     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed500472v     Document Type: Article

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