The effect of knowledge and strategy training on monitoring accuracy

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 131-142

  Nietfeld, John L ^a   Schraw, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Monitoring accuracy; Prior knowledge; Strategy training

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044534233     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670209596583     Document Type: Article

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