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Use of the World Wide Web in Lower-Division Chemistry Courses
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We have found a useful way to bring the Internet into non major and freshman level classes composed of 20-50 students. The student assignment was to find information on a chemical topic currently in the news by using the WWW and use that information to write a 2-3 page essay.
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