[01] Abbas Ali Zarei, English Department, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran. [02] Zahra Usefli, English Department, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.

The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of self, peer, and teacher-assessment on EFL learners’ goal-orientation. The participants were 94 male and female Iranian EFL learners at IT English language institute in Qazvin. The instruments included a 55-item Preliminary English Test (PET), and the Persian translation of an 18-item goal-orientation. The participants were divided into three groups, each group receiving one of the treatment conditions (self, peer, and teacher-assessment). They were also given the questionnaire twice, once before the treatment and once after it. The collected data were analyzed using ANCOVA procedure. The results of the study showed significant differences among the effects of types of assessment on goal-orientation. Self-assessment turned out to be more effective than both peer and teacher-assessment on goal-orientation. However, the difference between peer and teacher-assessment in goal-orientation was not statistically significant. The findings of this study may have theoretical and pedagogical implications for learners, teachers and syllabus designers.

Self-Assessment, Peer-Assessment, Teacher-Assessment, Goal-Orientation

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