Training in mental rotation and spatial visualization and its impact on orthographic drawing performance

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-186

  Samsudin, Khairulanuar ^a   Rafi, Ahmad ^b   Hanif, Abd Samad ^a  

^a SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Multimedia Universiti Cyberjaya   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Animation; Interaction; Mental rotation; Orthographic drawing; Spatial visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952859168     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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