Metacognitive control of learning and remembering

New Science of Learning: Cognition, Computers and Collaboration in Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 109-131

  Finley, Jason R ^a   Tullis, Jonathan G ^a   Benjamin, Aaron S ^a  

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

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5716-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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