Reading, metacognition and motivation: A follow-up study of German students in Grades 7 and 8

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-86

  Roeschl Heils, Annette ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^a   Van Kraayenoord, Christina E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Motivation; Reading; Self Concept; Text Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038458846     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173605     Document Type: Article

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