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The Future of Student Self-Assessment: a Review of Known Unknowns and Potential Directions

Educational Psychology Review volume 28, pages 803–830 (2016)Cite this article

Abstract

This paper reviews current known issues in student self-assessment (SSA) and identifies five topics that need further research: (1) SSA typologies, (2) accuracy, (3) role of expertise, (4) SSA and teacher/curricular expectations, and (5) effects of SSA for different students. Five SSA typologies were identified showing that there are different conceptions on the SSA components but the field still uses SSA quite uniformly. A significant amount of research has been devoted to SSA accuracy, and there is a great deal we know about it. Factors that influence accuracy and implications for teaching are examined, with consideration that students’ expertise on the task at hand might be an important prerequisite for accurate self-assessment. Additionally, the idea that SSA should also consider the students’ expectations about their learning is reflected upon. Finally, we explored how SSA works for different types of students and the challenges of helping lower performers. This paper sheds light on SSA research needs to address the known unknowns in this field.

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Acknowledgments

This position paper/ reflection would not have been possible without the ideas we exchanged with some of our colleagues (especially in a symposium on self-assessment at the EARLI 2013 conference). We would like to thank David Boud, David Carless, Filip Dochy, Kelvin Tan, and Maddalena Taras for their participation and contribution to the symposium on self-assessment that lead to this article. First author would like to also thank to Liria Fernandez for helping him to self-assess in the most important subject: life.

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  1. Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ernesto Panadero

  2. School of Learning, Development & Professional Practice, Faculty of Education, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Gavin T. L. Brown

  3. Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

    Jan-Willem Strijbos

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Panadero, E., Brown, G.T. & Strijbos, JW. The Future of Student Self-Assessment: a Review of Known Unknowns and Potential Directions. Educ Psychol Rev 28, 803–830 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-015-9350-2

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Keywords

  • Self-assessment
  • Formative assessment
  • Accuracy
  • Construct validity
  • Reliability
  • Typologies of self-assessment