Metacognitive control of the spacing of study repetitions

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 126-137

  Benjamin, Aaron S ^a   Bird, Randy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Judgments of learning; Memory; Metamemory; Self regulated study; Spacing effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646777451     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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