When both the skilled and unskilled are unaware: Consequences for academic performance

Self and Identity

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-141

  Mattern, Krista D ^a   Burrus, Jeremy ^b   Shaw, Emily ^a  

^a Office of Academic Affairs   (United States)

^b EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Above average effect; Academic performance; Social comparison; Unskilled and unaware

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951615414     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860802618963     Document Type: Article

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