Pre-service and in-service teachers' metacognitive knowledge about problem-solving strategies

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-82

  Metallidou, Panayiota ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Metacognitive knowledge; Primary school teachers; Problem solving strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649086595     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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