The role of metacognition in the context of integrated strategy intervention

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 555-569

  Vauras, Marja ^a   Kinnunen, Riitta ^a   Rauhanummi, Tiina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elementary school children; Metacognition; Reading comprehension; Strategy instruction; Word problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033483588     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03172979     Document Type: Article

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