Accuracy of students' self-assessment and their beliefs about its utility

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-156

  Lew, Magdeleine D N ^a   Alwis, W A M ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^b  

^a Republic Polytechnic   (Singapore)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Peer assessment; Self assessment; Self assessment accuracy; Student beliefs; Tutor judgement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955564753     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930802687737     Document Type: Article

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