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Which children can find a way through a strange town using a streetmap?-results of an empirical study on children's orientation competence

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Which children can find a way through a strange town using a streetmap?-results of an empirical study on children's orientation competence. / Hemmer, Ingrid; Hemmer, Michael; Kruschel, Katja et al.
In: International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, Vol. 22, No. 1, 01.02.2013, p. 23-40.

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Harvard

Hemmer, I, Hemmer, M, Kruschel, K, Neidhardt, E, Obermaier, G & Uphues, R 2013, 'Which children can find a way through a strange town using a streetmap?-results of an empirical study on children's orientation competence', International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 23-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2012.759436

APA

Hemmer, I., Hemmer, M., Kruschel, K., Neidhardt, E., Obermaier, G., & Uphues, R. (2013). Which children can find a way through a strange town using a streetmap?-results of an empirical study on children's orientation competence. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 22(1), 23-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2012.759436

Vancouver

Hemmer I, Hemmer M, Kruschel K, Neidhardt E, Obermaier G, Uphues R. Which children can find a way through a strange town using a streetmap?-results of an empirical study on children's orientation competence. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education. 2013 Feb 1;22(1):23-40. doi: 10.1080/10382046.2012.759436

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