Direct SSA research toward the five identified known unknowns¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The review proposes a research agenda directing future student self-assessment work toward five topics: typologies, accuracy, expertise, expectations, and differential student effects. The article states the paper "identifies five topics that need further research" and that it "sheds light on SSA research needs to address the known unknowns in this field." Researchers can use this agenda to prioritize studies on SSA conceptualization, accuracy conditions, and support for lower performers.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Future SSA studies should be designed to address one or more of the five identified topics rather than treating SSA as a uniform construct

Constraints¶

• The agenda is a position-paper recommendation from a review, not a tested intervention

Target Learners¶

• students across educational levels who engage in self-assessment

Target Learning Goals¶

• improved self-assessment accuracy and self-regulated learning

Affordances¶

• Ssa Five Typologies Framework

Claims¶

• Substantial research exists on SSA accuracy, with known influencing factors and teaching implications [+W]
• SSA works differently for different types of students, with particular challenges in helping lower performers [+W]
• SSA should also consider students' expectations about their learning [+W]
• Students' expertise on the task may be an important prerequisite for accurate self-assessment [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Future self-assessment interventions should redirect students' attention from invalid cues toward valid, predictive cues rather than providing self-assessment accuracy feedback

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Panadero, E., Brown, G. T. L., & Strijbos, J.-W. (2016). The Future of Student Self-Assessment: a Review of Known Unknowns and Potential Directions. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-015-9350-2