The effects of strategy training and an extrinsic incentive on fourth- and fifth-grade students’ performance, confidence, and calibration accuracy

Cogent Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Gutierrez de Blume, Antonio P ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; children; confidence; metacognition; performance; strategy training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026778353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2331186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2331186X.2017.1314652     Document Type: Article

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