Developing laboratory skills by incorporating peer-review and digital badges

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 403-419

  Seery, Michael K ^a   Agustian, Hendra Y ^a   Doidge, Euan D ^a   Kucharski, Maciej M ^a   O'Connor, Helen M ^a   Price, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85023176606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c7rp00003k     Document Type: Article

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