The impact of self-assessment on achievement: The effects of self-assessment training on performance in external examinations

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-220

  McDonald, Betty ^a   Boud, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 85066192489     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594032000121289     Document Type: Article

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