Geografie 2016, 121, 279-299

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2016121020279

What does a map-skills-test tell us about Czech pupils?

Martin Hanus, Miroslav Marada

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Centre for Geographical Education, Prague, Czechia

Received September 2015
Accepted January 2016

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