Types of Visual-Spatial Representations and Mathematical Problem Solving

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 684-689

  Hegarty, Mary ^a   Kozhevnikov, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033260112     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.91.4.684     Document Type: Article

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