Nurses have a lot of responsibility, including the assessment and care of patients. There are times when decisions are made without a doctor's supervision. Because people's lives are on the line, it ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...

Understanding how we learn best is one of the keys to growth as human beings. This essential metacognitive skill is not innate and must be modeled and taught in school starting as early as possible.

Writing a self-assessment can feel like a box-checking exercise, but it sets the tone for your manager’s evaluation of your work. Follow these five steps to nail this critical part of your performance ...

When hiring key employees, business owners need to think beyond who they are taking on by also considering where these people will best fit into the organization. While several candidates might have ...

Self-evaluation is a necessary component of being successful — both in the corporate, professional sense and in terms of personal growth. All employees have to fill out a performance evaluation at ...

The first career question many graduate students and postdocs ask is about the kinds of jobs available to them with a certain degree. That’s a great question, and in fact there are hundreds (maybe ...

Students self-assess their knowledge, ability and thinking within many of the active learning modalities. For example, in writing their Muddiest Point, students are actively engaged in metacognition.

Self-assessment has been around since the most ancient times in the form of the admonition: Know Thyself. It emerged roughly four decades ago from work in psychology; it has been applied in that field ...