Middle-school students' map construction: Understanding complex spatial displays

Journal of Geography

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 93-107

  Bausmith, Jennifer Merriman ^a   Leinhardt, Gaea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Learning; Maps; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001825794     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221349808978834     Document Type: Article

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