Strengths and weaknesses of the choice/no-choice method in research on strategy use

European Psychologist

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-362

  Luwel, Koen ^a,b   Onghena, Patrick ^a   Torbeyns, Joke ^a,b   Schillemans, Viki ^a   Verschaffel, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Choice no choice method; Cognitive strategies; Mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849108516     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.14.4.351     Document Type: Article

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