Reference | Definition | Position |
| “Procedures by which learners themselves evaluate their language skills and knowledge”. | SA as a testing instrument |
| The learners’ judgment of their work: it covers terms such as “self-appraisal” and “self-evaluation”. | |
| “Self-assessment is a descriptive and evaluative act carried out by the student concerning his or her own work and academic abilities”. | |
| A representation of formative assessment that involves learners in learning process by focusing on their performance. | SA as a learning material |
| “The qualitative assessment of the learning process and of its final product, realised on the basis of pre-established criteria”. | SA as a learning- teaching-testing tool |
| “SA is the ability to assess one’s knowledge, learning and performance, a key element in becoming an autonomous learner”. |
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| “Wide variety of mechanisms and techniques through which students describe (i.e., assess) and possibly assign merit or worth to (i.e., evaluate) the qualities of their own learning processes and products”. |