Visualization: The Key to Understanding Chemistry Concepts

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1208, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-140

  Jones, L L ^a   Kelly, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY CONCEPTS; CHEMISTRY RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; DYNAMIC VISUALIZATION; MOLECULAR ANIMATION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; TEACHING AND LEARNING; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84949545960     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2015-1208.ch008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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