Geographic Information Systems: Implications for Problem Solving

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-45

  Audet, Richard H ^a   Abegg, Gerald L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002480746     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199601)33:1<21::AID-TEA2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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