College students' metacognitive awareness of difficulties in learning the class content does not automatically lead to adjustment of study strategies

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 31-46

  Li, Cao ^a   Nietfeld, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College student; Metacognitive awareness; Metacognitive skills; Self regulated learning; Study strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846785554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14465442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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