Feeling uncertain and acting on it during the preschool years: A metacognitive approach

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 160-165

  Ghetti, Simona ^a   Hembacher, Emily ^a   Coughlin, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Preschoolers; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881615923     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12035     Document Type: Article

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