Training metacognition in the classroom: The influence of incentives and feedback on exam predictions

Metacognition and Learning

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-314

  Miller, Tyler M ^a   Geraci, Lisa ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Metacognition; Overconfidence; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155160884     PISSN: 15561623     EISSN: 15561631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11409-011-9083-7     Document Type: Article

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