The Role of Spatial Ability and Achievement in Organic Chemistry / Jeffrey R. Pribyl and George M. Bodner.

This study investigated the role that spatial ability has in achievement in organic chemistry. Spatial ability was defined as containing two subfactors--spatial visualization and spatial orientation. Spatial visualization is the ability to mentally manipulate pictorially presented stimuli; involved...

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Main Authors: Pribyl, Jeffrey R.
Bodner, George M. (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1985.
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Physical Description:19 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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