Effects of strategy training and incentives on students performance, confidence, and calibration

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 386-404

  Gutierrez, Antonio P ^a   Schraw, Gregory ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration accuracy; experiment; extrinsic incentives; metacognition; strategy training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929047725     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2014.907230     Document Type: Article

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