On the Road to Graphicacy: The learning of graphical representation systems

Educational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 623-644

  Postigo, Yolanda ^a   Pozo, Juan Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 5644273213     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144341042000262944     Document Type: Article

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