Determinants of performance prediction in kindergarten and school children: The importance of metacognitive and motivational factors;Determinanten der Leistungsvorhersage bei Kindergarten- und Grundschulkindern: Zur Bedeutung metakognitiver und motivationaler Einflußfaktoren

Zeitschrift fur Entwicklungspsychologie und Padagogische Psychologie

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 51-58

  Visé, Mechtild ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kindergarteners and schoolchildren; Memory tasks; Metacognition; Motivational impact; Motor tasks; Performance prediction; Wishful thinking hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034416637     PISSN: 00498637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026//0049-8637.32.2.51     Document Type: Article

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