Considerations of how to study learning processes when students use GIS as an instrument for developing spatial thinking skills

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-116

  Madsen, Lene Møller ^a   Rump, Camilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

GIS; learning processes; professional outlook; Spatial thinking; teaching orchestration

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; LEARNING; PHILOSOPHY; STUDENT; TEACHING;

EID: 84858176256     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2011.576336     Document Type: Article

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