Students' adaptation of study strategies when preparing for classroom tests

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-428

  Broekkamp, Hein ^a   Van Hout Wolters, Bernadette H A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classroom assessment; Learning strategies; Self regulated learning; Test preparation; Text studying

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248814318     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-006-9025-0     Document Type: Article

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