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Main Title Learning to think spatially.
Publisher National Academies Press,
Year Published 2006
OCLC Number 62408464
ISBN 0309092086 (pbk.) 0309531918 (PDF)
Subjects Space perception--Study and teaching ; Geographic information systems
Internet Access
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National Academies Press http://darwin.nap.edu/books/0309092086/html/
ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10110308
National Academies Press http://www.nap.edu/catalog/22029.html
Table of contents http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=015475617&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Holdings
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Status
EHAM  BF723.S63L43 2006 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 04/14/2006
Collation xviii, 313 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-255) and index.
Contents Notes
Introduction -- The nature of spatial thinking -- Spatial thinking in everyday life, at work, and in science -- Teaching and learning about spatial thinking -- Responding to the need for spatial thinkers -- Tools for thought: the concept of a support system -- High-tech support systems for spatial thinking -- An assessment of GIS as a system for supporting spatial thinking in the K-12 context -- GIS as a support system for spatial thinking -- Conclusions and recommendations -- The spatial thinker.