Explaining one's own behavior as a factor influencing the search for and evaluation of information in a sequential learning situation;Erklärung des eigenen Handelns als Einflussfaktor auf Informationssuche und Informationsbewertung in einer sequentiellen Lernsituation

Zeitschrift fur Entwicklungspsychologie und Padagogische Psychologie

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 242-252

  Jonas, Eva ^a   Frey, Dieter ^a   Henninger, Michael ^b   Pommer, Mona ^b   Schulz Hardt, Stefan ^a   Von Haeften, Ina ^a   Mandl, Heinz ^b  

^a Institut fur Psychologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commitment; Communication; Explanation; Information search and evaluation; Verbalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035624029     PISSN: 00498637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026//0049-8637.33.4.242     Document Type: Article

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