The solution strategy as an indicator of the developmental stage of preschool children's mental-rotation ability

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-100

  Quaiser Pohl, Claudia ^a   Rohe, Anna M ^a   Amberger, Tobias ^b  

^a University of Koblenz   (Germany)

^b Rudolf Ballin Stiftung eV ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental stage; Mental rotation; Preschool children; Solution strategies; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953696005     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000017     Document Type: Article

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