Immediate and delayed effects of embedded metacognitive instruction on Chinese EFL students’ English writing and regulation of cognition

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 289-302

  Teng, Feng ^a  

^a Nanning University   (China)

Author keywords

Cooperative training; Metacognitive instructions; Metacognitive skills; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978141414     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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