An exploratory study of spatial ability and student achievement in sonography

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 163-170

  Clem, Doug ^a   Anderson, Sharlette ^a   Donaldson, Joe ^a   Hdeib, Moses ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

sonography scanning; spatial ability; spatial ability testing

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVISED MINNESOTA PAPER FORM BOARD TEST; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 77955027532     PISSN: 87564793     EISSN: 15525430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/8756479310375119     Document Type: Article

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