Physical chemistry students explore nonlinear curve fitting on-line

• Published in: Journal 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...