Hypercorrection of high confidence errors in children

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 253-261

  Metcalfe, Janet ^a   Finn, Bridgid ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Error correction; Hypercorrection; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859969870     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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