‘Finally studying for myself’–examining student agency in summative and formative self-assessment models

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 1031-1045

  Nieminen, Juuso Henrik ^a   Tuohilampi, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

agency; Self assessment; summative self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079030858     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1720595     Document Type: Article

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