Manual training of mental rotation in children

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-41

  Wiedenbauer, Gunnar ^a   Jansen Osmann, Petra ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Manual rotation training; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749102885     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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