Dynamic visuospatial ability and learning from dynamic visualizations

Learning from Dynamic Visualization: Innovations in Research and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 155-176

  Sanchez, Christopher A ^a   Wiley, Jennifer ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56204-9_7     Document Type: Chapter

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