“Do we need to memorize that?” or cognitive science for chemists

Foundations of Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 263-274

  Hartman, JudithAnn R ^a   Nelson, Eric A ^b  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Fairfax County Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Chemical education research; Cognitive science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942986026     PISSN: 13864238     EISSN: 15728463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10698-015-9226-z     Document Type: Article

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