Evaluation of students' spatial abilities in Austria and Germany

Journal for Geometry and Graphics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-117

  Tsutsumi, E ^a   Schrocker H P ^b   Stachel, H ^c   Weiss, G ^d  

^a OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Descriptive Geometry education; Mental Cutting Test; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650768034     PISSN: 14338157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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