I can assess myself: Singaporean primary students' and teachers' perceptions of students' self-assessment ability

Education 3-13

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 442-457

  Wong, Hwei Ming ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

formative assessment; primary school; self assessment; Singapore; students; teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913582570     PISSN: 03004279     EISSN: 14757575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004279.2014.982672     Document Type: Article

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