On the effectiveness of self-paced learning

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-118

  Tullis, Jonathan G ^a   Benjamin, Aaron S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Metacognition; Metacognitive control; Self pacing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651069317     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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