How representations and strategies influence design spatial problem solving

AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn SS-05-06, Issue , 2005, Pages 114-120

  Ho, Chun Heng ^a   Eastman, Charles ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL APTITUDE TESTS; SPATIAL PROBLEM SOLVING;

EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 32944470226     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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