Student Self-Assessment in Primary and Secondary Education in Greece and Internationally

Anastasia Papanthymou,Maria Darra

doi:10.22158/wjer.v6n1p50

Abstract

<em>The present study is a review of 36 empirical studies in Primary and Secondary Education, in Greece and internationally and aims at investigating: a) the benefits of student self-assessment, b) the contribution of self-assessment to the development of students’ skills to accurately self-assess. Moreover, this study presents the factors that affect student self-assessment ability. According to the main findings, self-assessment has been investigated more in Secondary Education. Furthermore, self-assessment has positive effects mainly on performance and learning in both secondary and primary students. Self-assessment ability and the factors that influence this ability have mainly investigated on Secondary Education with clearer and more positive findings, whereas there is a lack of research in Primary Education. In Greece, it was found only one study in Secondary Education that examines the issue of self-assessment ability with positive conclusions for students. Factors that contribute to the accuracy of student self-assessment in Secondary Education are the use of a video-based modeling examples, the observation of a human model engaging in self-assessment by students, the use of scripts and the training of students in self- and peer-assessment, whereas in Primary Education the social status, training and guidance in self-assessment and the entrance examinations affect self-assessment ability. </em>

Highlights

Nowadays, the school should make a greater contribution to the cultivation of skills rather than focus only on knowledge so learners can make progress and improvement
Self-assessment ability and the factors that influence this ability have mainly investigated on Secondary Education with clearer and more positive findings, whereas there is a lack of research in Primary Education
Research question 1: What are the benefits of implementing student self-assessment in Secondary and Primary Education? Analytically, Table 1 presents the main findings of the studies regarding the benefits of student self-assessment in Secondary Education

Summary

Introduction

The school should make a greater contribution to the cultivation of skills rather than focus only on knowledge so learners can make progress and improvement. These are the assessment of the content understanding, the presentation of the achievement of the results and the goals and the learner self-development. These three aspects of self-assessment are all interrelated and different emphasis is placed on them within the learning process at different times. The main purpose of this study is to investigate student self-assessment in Primary and Secondary Education the last decade (2008-2018) in order to provide useful evidence for teachers and researchers concerning a) the benefits that self-assessment process has on students, b) the contribution of student self-assessment to the development of students’ skills to accurately self-assess and the factors that influence student self-assessment ability. The present study includes the following parts: the theoretical framework, the purpose and the research questions of the study, the method, the results, the discussion, the conclusions, the implications and the proposals for further research

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