Teachers' spatial anxiety relates to 1st- and 2nd-graders' spatial learning

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 196-199

  Gunderson, Elizabeth A ^a   Ramirez, Gerardo ^b   Beilock, Sian L ^c   Levine, Susan C ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84882238515     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mbe.12027     Document Type: Article

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