Effects of formative assessments to develop self-regulation among sixth grade students: Results from a randomized controlled intervention

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 126-136

  Meusen Beekman, Kelly D ^a,d   Joosten ten Brinke, Desirée ^b,c   Boshuizen, Henny P A ^b,e  

^a HZ UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d Roosevelt Centre for Excellence in Education   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Formative assessment; Motivation; Primary education; Self efficacy; Selfregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994589737     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2016.10.008     Document Type: Article

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