Measuring strategic processing: Comparing task-specific self-reports to traces

Metacognition and Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Bråten, Ivar ^a   Samuelstuen, Marit S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Strategic processing; Text comprehension; Trace methodology; Validity of self reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548245483     PISSN: 15561623     EISSN: 15561631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11409-007-9004-y     Document Type: Article

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