The impact of metacognitive instruction on creative problem solving

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 291-318

  Hargrove, Ryan A ^a   Nietfeld, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; creative development; creative thinking; creativity; metacognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929050591     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2013.876604     Document Type: Article

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