DD7 to me: "Mom, I always underestimate myself. So if I do something, I think I didn't do very well, even though I actually did pretty well. I tried to explain that to my friends, but I had to tell them what 'underestimate' means."
And she's right - for school projects requiring a self-assessment, she'll score herself 1-2 points lower than the teacher does, on a 5-point scale.
On the plus side, she has way more insight than I do - I don't think I'd have self-identified as a hard grader at 30, much less at 7. On the minus side, my lack of insight means I've never had much success changing my grading rubric.
DD is interested in bringing her self-estimation more in line with everyone else's standards, but I'm not sure what tools she needs to get there. Anyone have suggestions?
