The role of test anxiety in absolute and relative metacomprehension accuracy

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 650-670

  Miesner, Michael T ^a,b   Maki, Ruth H ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34347397339     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440701326196     Document Type: Article

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