Elementary school experience with comprehension testing may influence metacomprehension accuracy among seventh and eighth graders

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 554-564

  Thiede, Keith W ^a   Redford, Joshua S ^a   Wiley, Jennifer ^b   Griffin, Thomas D ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Elementary school experience; Metacomprehension; Self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869153955     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028660     Document Type: Article

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