Metacognition: Knowing about knowing

Handbook of Metamemory and Memory

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 47-71

  Van Overschelde, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203805503     Document Type: Chapter

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