Harmful effects of preexisting inappropriate highlighting on reading comprehension and metacognitive accuracy

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-302

  Gier, Vicki ^a   Kreiner, David ^b   Natz Gonzalez, Amelia ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Highlighting; Metacognition; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651089480     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.136.3.287-302     Document Type: Article

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