Precursors of metamemory in young children: The role of theory of mind and metacognitive vocabulary

Metacognition and Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-31

  Lockl, Kathrin ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Longitudinal study; Metacognitive knowledge; Metacognitive vocabulary; Theory of mind; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746450861     PISSN: 15561623     EISSN: 15561631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11409-006-6585-9     Document Type: Article

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