Using Cooperative Learning to Teach Chemistry: A Meta-analytic Review

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 248-255

  Warfa, Abdi Rizak M ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; Collaborative Cooperative Learning; First Year Undergraduate General; General Public; Second Year Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957991235     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00608     Document Type: Article

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