The Development of Expertise in Geography: A Cognitive-Developmental Approach to Geographic Education

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 304-327

  Downs, Roger M ^a   Liben, Lynn S ^b  

^a Department of Geography ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive development; college students; coordinate systems; geographic education; novice expert; Piaget; projections; teaching cartography

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COLLEGE STUDENTS; EXPERTISE DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION;

EID: 0026052549     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1991.tb01692.x     Document Type: Article

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