Spatial analysis: An examination of preschoolers' perception and construction of geometric patterns

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 933-941

  Feeney, Suzanne Mendoza ^a   Stiles, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 21444433110     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.32.5.933     Document Type: Article

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