Taking Advantage of Diversity within the Classroom

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 189-192

  Goethe, Emily V ^a   Colina, Coray M ^a,b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative Cooperative Learning; First Year Undergraduate General; Minorities in Chemistry; Second Year Undergraduate; Upper Division Undergraduate; Women in Chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041946054     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00510     Document Type: Review

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