The effect of dynamic geometry software on student mathematics teachers' spatial visualization skills

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 100-107

  Güven, Bülent ^a   Kosa, Temel ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

3d dynamic geometry software; Spatial ability; Spatial visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 75549084964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13036521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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