How many heads are better than one? The reliability and validity of teenagers' self- and peer assessments

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-145

  Sung, Yao Ting ^a   Chang, Kuo En ^a   Chang, Tzyy Hua ^b   Yu, Wen Cheng ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei Municipal JieShou Junior High School   (Taiwan)

^c HSING WU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Peer assessment; Reliability; Self assessment; Teenager; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; PEER REVIEW; RECORDER; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEB BROWSER;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 75949117905     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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