Children's performance estimation in mathematics and science tests over a school year: A pilot study

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-24

  Roderer, Thomas ^a   Roebers, Claudia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mathematics; Metacognition; Performance estimation; Primary school; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877979243     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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