Spatial visualization of undergraduate education majors classified by thinking styles

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 98, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 865-868

  Alkhateeb, Haitham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ROTATION; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; THINKING;

EID: 4043064352     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.98.3.865-868     Document Type: Article

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