Spatial intelligence and the research - Practice challenge

Learning in the Disciplines: ICLS 2010 Conference Proceedings - 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 556-563

  Krakowski, Moshe ^a   Ratliff, Kristin ^b   Gomez, Louis M ^c   Levine, Susan ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCIENCE , TECHNOLOGY , ENGINEERING , AND MATHS; SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE; SPATIAL THINKING; TEACHERS';

RESEARCH;

EID: 84880516640     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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