Community-based inquiry in allied health biochemistry promotes equity by improving critical thinking for women and showing promise for increasing content gains for ethnic minority students

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 788-796

  Goeden, Terrah J ^a   Kurtz, Martha J ^a   Quitadamo, Ian J ^a   Thomas, Carin ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Chemical Education Research; Collaborative Cooperative Learning; First Year Undergraduate General; Inquiry Based Discovery Learning; Minorities in Chemistry; Student Centered Learning; Women in Chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929190439     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed400893f     Document Type: Article

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