Re: RE: Student perceptions of academic performance

[Michael J. Kane]

I'm not sure if this is *quite* what you're looking for, but
within cognitive psychology there is a growing literature
on "metacognition" (and in particular, meta-memory) 
exploring people's on-line cogntive self-assessments.

-Mike


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