Abstract:
The goals of this study were to 1) overview Brazilian university students’ conceptions of assessment; 2) adapt and validate the Students’ Conceptions of Assessment (SCoA) inventory; 3) establish the underlying dimensions shaping students’ definitions of assessment; 4) analyze how conceptions of assessment predicted students’ definitions of assessment; and 5) investigate differences between students at public and private universities. We used the theory of self-regulated learning and quantitative and qualitative methods.
