Learning approaches and reading comprehension: The role of student questioning and prior knowledge;Enfoques de aprendizaje y comprensión lectora: El papel de las preguntas de los estudiantes y del conocimiento previo

Revista de Psicodidactica

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 247-266

  Cano, Francisco ^a   García, Ángela ^a   Justicia, Fernando ^a   García, Ana Belén Berbén ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Learning approaches; Prior knowledge; Reading comprehension; Students' questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930798522     PISSN: 11361034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/RevPsicodidact.10186     Document Type: Article

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