The Development of Metacognitive Monitoring and Control in Second Graders: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 110-128

  Roebers, Claudia M ^a   Spiess, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METACOGNITIVE MONITORING; SKILL; SPELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84986193512     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2016.1157079     Document Type: Article

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