Four cornerstones of calibration research: Why understanding students' judgments can improve their achievement

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-61

  Dunlosky, John ^a   Thiede, Keith W ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Metacognitive judgments; Metamemory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871001434     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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