Chasm Crossed? Clicker Use in Postsecondary Chemistry Education

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 549-557

  Gibbons, Rebecca E ^a   Laga, Emily E ^a   Leon, Jessica ^a   Villafañe, Sachel M ^b   Stains, Marilyne ^c   Murphy, Kristen ^d   Raker, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; First Year Undergraduate General; Professional Development; Second Year Undergraduate; Testing Assessment; Upper Division Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019167912     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00799     Document Type: Article

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