Comparing strategies for presenting concepts in introductory undergraduate geography: Physical models vs. computer visualization

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-444

  Edsall, Robert ^a   Wentz, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation; Geomorphology; GIS; Lectureware; Map projections; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; LEARNING; MAP; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 35548988836     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260701513993     Document Type: Article

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