Generating keywords improves metacomprehension and self-regulation in elementary and middle school children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 294-310

  De Bruin, Anique B H ^a,b   Thiede, Keith W ^c   Camp, Gino ^b   Redford, Joshua ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Keyword generation; Metacomprehension accuracy; Self regulation; Situation model; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; RECALL; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79953028297     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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