Are self-explanations always beneficial?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 386-394

  Kuhn, Deanna ^a   Katz, Jared ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal reasoning; Data reading; Explanation; Inference; Learning; Scientific reasoning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 67349287465     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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