Metacognitive self-confidence in school-aged children

Self-Directed Learning Oriented Assessments in the Asia-Pacific

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 139-153

  Kleitman, Sabina ^a   Stankov, Lazar ^b,c   Allwood, Carl Martin ^d   Young, Sarah ^a   Mak, Karina Kar Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 85013348632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4507-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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