Development of Students' Spatial Thinking in a Unit on Geometric Motions and Area

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-186

  Clements, Douglas H ^a   Battista, Michael T ^c   Sarama, Julie ^c   Swaminathan, Sudha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0012037993     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/461890     Document Type: Article

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