The study of the pupil's cognitive structure: The concept of angle

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 373-398

  Casas García, Luis M ^a   Luengo González, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angle concept; Cognitive structure; Knowledge representation; Pathfinder associative networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882454091     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-012-0119-4     Document Type: Article

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