Improving metacomprehension accuracy and self-regulation in cognitive skill acquisition: The effect of learner expertise

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 671-688

  De Bruin, Anique B H ^a   Rikers, Remy M J P ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SELF CONTROL; SKILL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 34347386657     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440701326204     Document Type: Article

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