Metacognitive training at home: Does it improve older adults' learning?

Gerontology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-420

  Bailey, Heather ^a   Dunlosky, John ^a   Hertzog, Christopher ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

At home training; Memory competence; Memory intervention; Metacognitive skills; Self testing training method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; METACOGNITIVE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; TRAINING; LEARNING; MEMORY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AS TOPIC; TEACHING;

EID: 77953811062     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000266030     Document Type: Article

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