Metacognition in education: A focus on calibration

Handbook of Metamemory and Memory

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 429-455

  Hacker, Douglas J ^a   Bol, Linda ^b   Keener, Matt C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203805503     Document Type: Chapter

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