Math performance and its relationship to math anxiety and metacognition

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 471-486

  Legg, Angela M ^a   Locker Jr , Lawrence ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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