Do levels of interest have an effect on children's comprehension monitoring performance?

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 471-482

  De Sousa, Ivor ^a   Oakhill, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SELF EVALUATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MOTIVATION; READING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0040095218     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1996.tb01213.x     Document Type: Article

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