Developing young adolescents’ self-regulation by means of formative assessment: A theoretical perspective

Cogent Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

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

^a AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c Fontys Applied Science Department   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Formative assessment; Primary education; Secondary education; Self regulated learning; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017110600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2331186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2331186X.2015.1071233     Document Type: Article

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