"What were you thinking?": The use of metacognitive strategy during engagement with reading narrative and informational genres

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 405-430

  McTavish, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Metacognition; Self regulation; Stimulated recall; Text

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049102243     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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