Metacognitive development in early childhood: New questions about old assumptions

Trends and Prospects in Metacognition Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 259-278

  Lyons, Kristen E ^a   Ghetti, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6546-2_12     Document Type: Chapter

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