Effects of strategy training on reading comprehension in first and foreign language

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 509-529

  Bimmel, Peter E ^a   van den Bergh, Huub ^b   Oostdam, Ron J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Reading comprehension; Reading strategy training; Regular secondary education; Transfer from L1 to L2

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035650229     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173195     Document Type: Article

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