Self-Reflection, inSight, and individual diffeRenceS in vaRiouS language taSkS
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The author would like to thank Jennifer Harvey, Hilary Michels, and Megan Taylor for their assistance with data collection and Colleen Willard-Holt and Kathy Brode for their help with this article. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Xu Xu, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, Middletown, PA 17057. E-mail: [email protected] Self-Reflection, inSight, and individual diffeRenceS in vaRiouS language taSkS
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