A metacognitive learning cycle: A better warranty for student understanding?

Science Education

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 486-506

  Blank, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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EID: 0034215567     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-237X(200007)84:4<486::AID-SCE4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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