The Impact of Self-Assessment and Reflection on Student Learning Outcomes

It has been found that the Task Evaluation and Reflection Instrument for Student Self-Assessment (TERISSA) has helped many educators to improve student satisfaction with educational feedback by engaging students in self-assessment and reflection. This paper evaluated the impact of TERISSA, used in formative assessment on student learning outcomes. It presents the results of an experiment conducted in semester 1 of 2009, where those students engaged in self-assessment and reflection with TERISSA achieved better grades than students who did not use TERISSA.