Effects of informing learners about the dangers of making overconfident judgments of learning

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 99-117

  Roelle, Julian ^a   Schmidt, Elisabeth Marie ^a   Buchau, Alica ^a   Berthold, Kirsten ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comprehension monitoring; Judgments of learning; Metacognition; Metastrategic knowledge; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008698629     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000132     Document Type: Article

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