PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2017
San Diego, California
Self-assessment behaviors of undergraduate mathematics students: A preliminary report
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Research shows that low-achieving students are less able to accurately assess their ownweaknesses. As a result, many might fail to see the need to explore the subject matter moredeeply, in order to improve their conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. Thisstudy investigates undergraduate mathematics students’ self-assessment behaviors. Studentsfrom a broad range of courses at three universities were asked to predict their expectedgrades on assignments, and these predictions were compared with the grades assessed bytheir instructors. They were also asked to justify their self-assessments if they did not givethemselves full points. Preliminary results showed that students overall overestimate theirgrades. There was a significant difference between expected and actual grades. As test scoresincreased, the difference increased from negative to positive. Students in the B-range(between 80-89%) were the most accurate predictors.Key words: