Physical chemistry students explore nonlinear curve fitting on-line

An intercollegiate physical chemistry learning community self-assembled in late August and early Sep 1996 to prepare a Web venture for students studying gas laws and thermodynamics in physical chemistry. Middle-level students were better able to cope with the ambiguity of the case-study process than...

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Published inJournal of chemical education Vol. 74; no. 3; p. 269
Main Authors Sauder, Deborah, Towns, Marcy Hamby, Stout, Roland, Long, George, Zielinski, Theresa Julia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Easton American Chemical Society 01.03.1997
Subjects
Chemistry
College students
Curve fitting
Gas laws
Learning
Learning Processes
Organic chemistry
Physical chemistry
Science education
Self-assembly
Students
Teaching Methods
World Wide Web
Indiana
United States > US
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Summary:An intercollegiate physical chemistry learning community self-assembled in late August and early Sep 1996 to prepare a Web venture for students studying gas laws and thermodynamics in physical chemistry. Middle-level students were better able to cope with the ambiguity of the case-study process than some traditional high achievers.
ISSN:0021-9584
1938-1328