Cueing metacognition to improve researching and essay writing in a final year high school biology class

Research in Science Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Conner, Lindsey N ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cueing; Learning strategies; Metacognition; Writing biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846450231     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-004-3952-x     Document Type: Article

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