Exploring the impact of written reflections on learning in the elementary mathematics classroom

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 538-553

  Martin, Christie S ^a   Polly, Drew ^b   Kissel, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metacognition; reflection; self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019548699     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2016.1149793     Document Type: Article

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