Benefits and risks of positive biases in self-evaluation of academic competence: Introduction

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 205-208

  Bouffard, Thérèse ^a   Narciss, Susanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 80455164534     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2011.08.001     Document Type: Editorial

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