From the lab to the dorm room: Metacognitive awareness and use of spaced study

Instructional Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 345-363

  Susser, Jonathan A ^a,b   McCabe, Jennifer ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b GOUCHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed study; Metacognition; Spacing effect; Study strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873714178     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-012-9231-8     Document Type: Article

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