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Evaluating Geography Textbook Questions from a Spatial Perspective: Using Concepts of Space, Tools of Representation, and Cognitive Processes to Evaluate Spatiality

Injeong Jo Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station
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Sarah Witham Bednarz Department of Geography and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station
Pages 4-13 | Published online: 05 May 2009

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