Student attitudes and the impact of gis on thinking skills and motivation

Journal of Geography

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 267-274

  West, Bryan A ^a  

^a Blackheath Thornburgh College   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Geographical Information Systems (GIS); Heuristics; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; GIS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; STUDENT;

EID: 1642447067     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221340308978558     Document Type: Article

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