Metacognition and the spacing effect: The role of repetition, feedback, and instruction on judgments of learning for massed and spaced rehearsal

Metacognition and Learning

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-195

  Logan, Jessica M ^a   Castel, Alan D ^b   Haber, Sara ^c   Viehman, Emily J ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Judgments of learning; Memory; Metamemory; Spacing effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868476158     PISSN: 15561623     EISSN: 15561631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11409-012-9090-3     Document Type: Article

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