Enhancing self-regulation and approaches to learning in first-year college students: A narrative-based programme assessed in the Iberian Peninsula

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-428

  Rosário, Pedro ^e   Núñez, José C ^a   González Pienda, Julio ^a   Valle, Antonio ^b   Trigo, Luísa ^c   Guimarães, Carina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Approaches to learning; First year college students; Learning strategies; Learning to learn; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149465868     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-010-0020-y     Document Type: Article

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