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Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1273-1279

  Cooper, Melanie M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; Curriculum; First Year Undergraduate General; Testing Assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939137854     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00203     Document Type: Article

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