Learning with maps and texts: An overview

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-46

  Verdi, Michael P ^a   Kulhavy, Raymond W ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoint retention; Maps; Spatial cognition; Texts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036110132     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013128426099     Document Type: Review

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