Promoting deep approach to learning and self-efficacy by changing the purpose of self-assessment: a comparison of summative and formative models

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2021, Pages 1296-1311

  Nieminen, Juuso Henrik ^a   Asikainen, Henna ^a   Rämö, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

approaches to learning; formative assessment; Self assessment; self efficacy; summative assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85075460589     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2019.1688282     Document Type: Article

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