Turtle's navigation and manipulation of geometrical figures constructed by variable processes in a 3d simulated space

Informatics in Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 359-372

  Kynigos, Chronis ^a   Latsi, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

3d logo; Angle; Dynamic manipulation; Frames of reference; Spatial visualisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249090721     PISSN: 16485831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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