Epistemic profiles and metacognition: Support for the consistency hypothesis

Metacognition and Learning

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-45

  Muis, K ^a   Franco, G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achievement; Epistemic profiles; Metacognition; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649272658     PISSN: 15561623     EISSN: 15561631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11409-009-9041-9     Document Type: Article

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