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Peer reviewedJacobson, Jeanne M. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1990
The congruence among students' predictions of grades before taking short-answer and essay tests, their estimations of grades after taking the tests, and the actual grades was studied for 69 college students. There was a significant, but slight, positive relationship between students' judgments and their actual grades. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Testing, Essay Tests, Expectation
