Study efficacy and the region of proximal learning framework

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 609-622

  Kornell, Nate ^a,b   Metcalfe, Janet ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Memory; Metacognition; Region of proximal learning; Study time allocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEACHING; TIME;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EDUCATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MORALS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745109595     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.3.609     Document Type: Article

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