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Publication Date: 2005-Sep
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"It Gets Me to the Product": How Students Propose Organic Mechanisms
Bhattacharyya, Gautam; Bodner, George M.
Journal of Chemical Education, v82 n9 p1402-1407 Sep 2005
A study examined the way graduate students solved mechanism problems that were far removed from the simple systems in which mechanisms are traditionally presented. One aim is to probe the extent to which the students' experiences with the organic chemistry as undergraduates prepared them to solve mechanism problems they were likely to face as graduate students or practicing organic chemists.
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Organic Chemistry, Undergraduate Students, Sequential Learning, Problem Solving, Science Education, College Science
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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