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Preservice Secondary Education Majors and Visual-Spatial Perception: An Important Cognitive Aptitude in the Teaching of Science and Mathematics

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  1. Department of Biology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 114 Weyandt Hall, Indiana, Pennsylvania, 15705-1090, USA

    Thomas Lord & Melinda Holland

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Lord, T., Holland, M. Preservice Secondary Education Majors and Visual-Spatial Perception: An Important Cognitive Aptitude in the Teaching of Science and Mathematics. Journal of Science Teacher Education 8, 43–53 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009401419061

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