The relationships among executive functions, metacognitive skills and educational achievement in 5 and 7 year-old children

Metacognition and Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-198

  Bryce, Donna ^a,b   Whitebread, David ^a   Szűcs, Dénes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Executive functions; Inhibitory control; Mathematical reasoning; Metacognitive skills; Word reading; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933679176     PISSN: 15561623     EISSN: 15561631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11409-014-9120-4     Document Type: Article

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