Nationwide Survey of the Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Course

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1456-1465

  Fox, Laura J ^a   Roehrig, Gillian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; Physical Chemistry; Professional Development; Testing Assessment; Upper Division Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941075624     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00070     Document Type: Review

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