Agenda-Based Regulation of Study-Time Allocation: When Agendas Override Item-Based Monitoring

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 432-447

  Ariel, Robert ^a   Dunlosky, John ^a   Bailey, Heather ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agenda based regulation; item difficulty; metacognition; planning; study time allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; SERIAL LEARNING; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 69049102005     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015928     Document Type: Article

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