A stitch in time: Strategic self-control in high school and college students

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 329-341

  Duckworth, Angela L ^a   White, Rachel E ^a   Matteucci, Alyssa J ^a   Shearer, Annie ^a,c   Gross, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character; Metacognition; Metacognitive skills; Self control; Self regulated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978656547     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000062     Document Type: Article

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