Learning by preparing to teach: Fostering self-regulatory processes and achievement during complex mathematics problem solving

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 474-492

  Muis, Krista R ^a   Psaradellis, Cynthia ^a   Chevrier, Marianne ^a   Di Leo, Ivana ^a   Lajoie, Susanne P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concept maps; Learning by teaching; Mathematics achievement; Self regulatory processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939864679     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000071     Document Type: Article

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