Students’ objectivity and perception of self assessment in an EFL classroom

Journal of Asia TEFL

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-25

  Muñoz, Ana ^a   Alvarez, Martha E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Learner autonomy; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900432804     PISSN: 17383102     EISSN: 24661511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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