The development of metacognitive causal explanations

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-238

  Alexander, Joyce M ^a   Fabricius, William V ^b   Fleming, Victoria Manion ^c   Zwahr, Melissa ^d   Brown, Shannon A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Intelligence; Metacognitive causal explanation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035789420     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1041-6080(02)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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