Learning by doing: Do economics students self-evaluation skills improve?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iree.2016.10.002
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Student self-evaluation; Feedback; Independent learning skills; Economics teaching;All these keywords.
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- A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
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