Early metacognitive abilities: The interplay of monitoring and control processes in 5- to 7-year-old children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 213-228

  Destan, Nesrin ^a   Hembacher, Emily ^b   Ghetti, Simona ^b   Roebers, Claudia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Control; Development; Memory; Metacognition; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE;

EID: 84902509313     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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