Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the metacognition scale for primary school students

Kuram ve Uygulamada Egitim Bilimleri

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1591-1604

  Yildiz, Eylem ^a   Akpinar, Ercan ^b   Tatar, Nilgün ^a   Ergîn, Ömer ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Exploratory factor analysis; Learning; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449199089     PISSN: 13030485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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