Assessing students' metacognitive skills

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Garrett, Judy ^a   Alman, Martha ^a,b   Gardner, Stephanie ^a   Born, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Learning; Metacognitive skills; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE CONTENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; METACOGNITION; PHARMACIST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACY STUDENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 33947237928     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj710114     Document Type: Article

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