Accuracy of self-assessment and task performance: Does it pay to know the truth?

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 576-585

  Försterling, Friedrich ^a   Morgenstern, Matthis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0036741794     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.94.3.576     Document Type: Article

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