The development of a questionnaire assessing metacognitive patterns of students majoring in accounting in higher education

Accounting Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-323

  Brown, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta programmes; metacognition; metacognitive pattern indicator; questionnaire testing; self awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054865940     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280600850810     Document Type: Article

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