Middle school children's strategic behavior: Classification and relation to academic achievement and mathematical problem solving

Instructional Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 419-449

  Pape, Stephen J ^a   Wang, Chuang ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Mathematics; Problem solving (mathematics); Self regulated learning; Strategic behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346493231     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025710707285     Document Type: Article

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