Strategic knowledge and consistency in students with good and poor study skills

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 628-649

  Meneghetti, Chiara ^a   De Beni, Rossana ^a   Cornoldi, Cesare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; STANDARD; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 34347402984     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440701325990     Document Type: Article

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