Drawing students' attention to relevant assessment criteria: Effects on self-assessment skills and performance

Journal of Vocational Education and Training

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-198

  Fastré, Greet M J ^a,b   van der Klink, Marcel R ^a   Sluijsmans, Dominique ^a,b,c   van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

assessment; competence; curriculum innovation; standards; vocational education and training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861350402     PISSN: 13636820     EISSN: 17475090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13636820.2011.630537     Document Type: Article

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