Monitoring One's Own Knowledge during Study: A Cue-Utilization Approach to Judgments of Learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 349-370

  Koriat, Asher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0031494049     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.126.4.349     Document Type: Article

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