Metacognition and motivation: Links between confidence, self-protection and self-enhancement

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 222-230

  Jiang, Yixin ^a   Kleitman, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confidence; Metacognition; Motivation; Self enhancement; Self protection; Self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922430791     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.11.025     Document Type: Article

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