The relationship between students’ prior mathematical attainment, knowledge and confidence on their self-assessment accuracy

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 56, Issue , 2018, Pages 32-41

  Hosein, Anesa ^a   Harle, Jamie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Higher education; Mathematics; Self assessment; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85033596951     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2017.10.008     Document Type: Article

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