Student self-assessment practices: the role of gender, school level and goal orientation

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 183-199

  Yan, Zi ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

demographic variables; goal orientation; measurement invariance; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043272723     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2016.1218324     Document Type: Article

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