A, B seeing: The role of constructive processes in children's comprehension monitoring

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 503-514

  Rubman, Claire N ^b   Waters, Harriet Salatas ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York ^*

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EID: 0034258763     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.92.3.503     Document Type: Article

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