Preservice Secondary Education Majors and Visual-Spatial Perception: An Important Cognitive Aptitude in the Teaching of Science and Mathematics

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-53

  Lord, Thomas ^a   Holland, Melinda ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 4143081824     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009401419061     Document Type: Article

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