Metacognitive strategies and reading comprehension in elementary-school students

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 439-451

  Kolié Vehovec, Svjetlana ^a   Bajšanski, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Comprehension monitoring; Metacognition; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047143673     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03173513     Document Type: Article

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