Unpacking "active Learning": A combination of flipped classroom and collaboration support is more effective but collaboration support alone is not

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1406-1414

  Rau, Martina A ^a   Kennedy, Kristopher ^a   Oxtoby, Lucas ^a   Bollom, Mark ^a   Moore, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; Collaborative Cooperative Learning; First Year Undergraduate General; Learning Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031035131     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00240     Document Type: Article

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