A metacognitive support during the process of problem solving in a computerized environment

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 317-336

  Kapa, Esther ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computerized environments; Metacognition; Word problem solving processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642287186     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015124013119     Document Type: Article

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