Children's use of meta-cognition in solving everyday problems: Children's monetary decision-making

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-39

  Lee, Chwee Beng ^a   Koh, Noi Keng ^b   Cai, Xin Le ^b   Quek, Choon Lang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Decision making; Meta cognition elementary school; Problem solving; Qualitative research; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860450199     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494411205600103     Document Type: Article

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