Visual-spatial representation in mathematical problem solving by deaf and hearing students

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 432-448

  Blatto Vallee, Gary ^a   Kelly, Ronald R ^a   Gaustad, Martha G ^b   Porter, Jeffrey ^a   Fonzi, Judith ^c  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOLS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548636089     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enm022     Document Type: Article

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