The Impact of Self-Assessment with Goal Setting on Academic Achievement: Results of a Study on Primary School Students in Greece

The main purpose of the present study is to investigate contribution Self-Assessment with Goal Setting (SAGS), which was implemented “self-directed learning” (SDL) method, improvement academic performance in context language teaching sixth-grade students primary school. research methodology followed an experimental design two groups, one and control. public schools Rhodes lasted for six weeks (from beginning March 2022 middle April 2022). sample a convenience consisting 163 (the control group made up 78 85 students). According findings study, improved their performance, this statistically significant. Specifically, it observed that after implementation SAGS, mean score achievement higher than during pretest period. Furthermore, vast majority achievements, while very small number experienced decrease even smaller did not experience any change intervention. Finally, also performed better posttest contrast whom both lower deterioration were compared group.