The effects of prior knowledge on study-time allocation and free recall: Investigating the discrepancy reduction model

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-79

  Verkoeijen, Peter P J L ^a   Rikers, Remy M J P ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discrepancy reduction model; Free recall; Metacognitive processes; Prior knowledge activation

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544275423     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.139.1.67-79     Document Type: Article

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