In the expectations meta-analysis, the amount of feedback agents provided had only a meager relation to performance (r = .07) whereas the climate agents created had a strong one (r = .36)¶
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q2 i0 Harris and Rosenthal's meta-analysis found the amount of feedback provided by agents had only a meager effect on performance (r = .07), while the climate the agent created had strong effects (r = .36). → Kluger 1996
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Kluger 1996¶
Kluger, A. N., & DeNisi, A. (1996). The effects of feedback interventions on performance: A historical review, a meta-analysis, and a preliminary feedback intervention theory. Psychological Bulletin, 119(2), 254-284. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.119.2.254
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The review reports, citing Harris and Rosenthal (1985), a meta-analysis testing hypotheses about how agents' (primarily teachers') expectations benefit others' (primarily students') performance. The review attributes to it that feedback amount showed "only a meager effect on performance (r = .07)" — a negligible printed effect size — while climate showed r = .36.
"Their meta-analysis showed that the amount of feedback provided by the agent had only a meager effect on performance (r = .07), whereas other variables, such as the climate that the agent created for the other person (r = .36), had strong effects on performance"
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Related Claims¶
- Feedback improves learning by a medium amount on average, but its effect varies widely with the information it carries, and a substantial share of feedback effects are negative — related
- Feedback Most Effective At Task And Process Levels — related
- Teacher expectancy effects: seeded expectations led treated students to outperform peers (as reported by the review) — related
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In the expectations meta-analysis, the amount of feedback agents provided had only a meager relation to performance (r = .07) whereas the climate agents created had a strong one (r = .36) |
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In the expectations meta-analysis, the amount of feedback agents provided had only a meager relation to performance (r = .07) whereas the climate agents created had a strong one (r = .36) |
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