Keys

Metacognitive knowledge can be well represented in tasks that self-assessment needs - such as checking, planning, and generating.

A critically important component of metacognitive knowledge is self-knowledge. In terms of assessment, a focus on self-knowledge implies that students should have the opportunity to assess their strengths and weakness.

Making full use of metacognitive knowledge can offer a macro perspective for students to know clearly what they have done and what they should do in the next steps.

Self-efficacy can influence students’ behavior and drive their learning motivation for self-directed learning. It can also lead students to use their strategies more confidently and perform better in the later learning process. Self-efficacy is a kind of intrinsic fuel for problem-solving.

Self-efficacy is a context-specific assessment of competence to perform a specific task. Therefore, self-efficacy is necessary for the process of self-assessment. Based on promoting students to cultivate themselves, self-efficacy can also reduce stress and lower vulnerability to depression.

We can say emotional intelligence plays a significant role in collaboration with others in holistic education. Higher emotional intelligence would help students to avoid interpersonal conflict and maladjustment that might cause negative effects on students’ mental health.

Discourse through communication with others may influence students’ self-awareness as an external factor. In a healthy and satisfying mental state, students could have more motivation to study. In their self-assessment, they could describe more accurately and objectively.

Therefore, emotional intelligence can promote students’ autonomy and agency. Also, it can contribute to the calibration of self-assessment.