Individual and developmental differences in reading monitoring: When and how do children evaluate their comprehension?

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-115

  Eme, Elsa ^a   Puustinen, Minna ^a,b   Coutelet, Beatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b IUFM Nord Pas de Calais   (France)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Learning strategies; Metalinguistic development; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645906514     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03173571     Document Type: Review

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