The Roles of Mental Animations and External Animations in Understanding Mechanical Systems

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 209-249

  Hegarty, Mary ^a   Kriz, Sarah ^a   Cate, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 1042268287     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci2104_1     Document Type: Article

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