Evolution of research methods for probing and understanding metacognition

Research in Science Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-195

  Anderson, David ^a   Nashon, Samson M ^a   Thomas, Gregory P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Qualitative research; Research design; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949087924     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-007-9078-1     Document Type: Article

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