Each activity requires students
to take initiative for assessing their work. Some of these
activities can be done independently, whereas others are conducted
with peers or teachers. There is, however, a surprising
paucity of empirical research on how such activities are related
to self-assessment. Van Kraayenoord and Paris (1997)
investigated whether self-assessment could be measured in a
brief interview. Their Work Samples Interview focused on
five basic aspects of students’ self-assessment. Students were
asked the following