The effects of age, control beliefs, and feedback on self-regulation of reading and problem solving

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-63

  Miller, Lisa M Soederberg ^a   West, Robin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; REINFORCEMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649149074     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730903418380     Document Type: Article

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