How is feedback used? – The international student response to a Formative Feedback Intervention

• Autores: Caroline Burns, Martin Foo
• Localización: The international journal of management education, ISSN 1472-8117, Vol. 11, Nº. 3, 2013, págs. 174-183
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study reports on a further cycle of an action research project, discussed in Burns and Foo (2012). It seeks to explore some issues which had previously lacked clarity; in particular, how formative feedback on academic literacy was used and acted upon, and if a Formative Feedback Intervention (FFI) increased the students' confidence in preparing for other summative assessments. It also considers whether the assignment of a grade was beneficial. As in earlier cycles, students were asked to give written reflections using Gibbs' reflective model (1988), and later via a semi-structured questionnaire, but in this cycle in-depth interviews were also carried out to provide rich data and the opportunity to ask follow-up questions. Findings show that feedback is shared with other students, and is transferred to other assignments. It is apparent that FFI has an emotional impact; the grade appears to be highly valued and although an element of competition exists, it appears to be used for self-motivation and monitoring of progress