Self-Assessment Ability of Pre-Service Teachers

Knowing one’s own level of knowledge is an important characteristic of an individual. It enables individuals to objectively evaluate their abilities and properly adapt to their advantages and disadvantages. In this paper, we present the results of the empirical research, where pre-service teacher students had to perform self-assessment after their seminars and mathematics classroom performance. We compared their self-assessments to their teachers’ assess- ments. Results show that the students’ self-assessments on average deviate from their teachers’ assessments. We also noticed that the Dunning-Kruger effect is present both for seminars and mathematics classroom performance. The students that received low assessment scores from their teacher provided too high self-assessment scores.

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