Professional competence requires a commitment to lifelong learning, self-assessment, and excellence. Complex skills such as these require flexible and comprehensive teaching and assessment measures. We describe a combination of working and performance portfolios that both foster and evaluate the development of professional competence. We explain the conceptual and practical underpinnings that m...

Four studies and a computer simulation tested the hypothesis that people who are overconfident in their self-assessments may be more successful in attracting mates. In Study 1, overconfident people were perceived as more confident in their dating profiles, and this perceived confidence predicted increased romantic desirability. Study 2 revealed that overconfident people also tend to be perceive...

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For self-regulated learning to be effective, students need to be able to accurately monitor their performance while they are working on a task, use this as input for self-assessment of that performance after the task, and select an appropriate new learning task in response to that assessment. From a cognitive load perspective, monitoring can be seen as a secondary task that may become hard to m...

Adult learning theory, first described by Malcolm Knowles in the early 1970s, is based on a number of apparently self-evident axioms about how adults learn. The fundamental assumptions remain largely untested, and a critical analysis suggests that they may be largely a product of the environment in which adults find themselves rather than of any innate differences between adults and children. W...

Time Management Tools MindTools.com: Various articles and self assessment tools show you how to effectively schedule your day by setting priorities, including contingency times. Also gives advice on how to prevent over-committing. https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_07.htm [2] Work Life Balance: Gives short, practical tips on how to end procrastination. http://www.worklifebalance.com...

Time Management Tools MindTools.com: Various articles and self assessment tools show you how to effectively schedule your day by setting priorities, including contingency times. Also gives advice on how to prevent over-committing. https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_07.htm [2] Work Life Balance: Gives short, practical tips on how to end procrastination. http://www.worklifebalance.com...