Educator influence through motivating, mentorship, evaluation and feedback supports student SDL development¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Educators were found to be key in students' development of SDL, with the most significant impact through motivating students, mentorship, evaluation, and provision of feedback. → Ashleigh Finn 2025

Evidence¶

Ashleigh Finn 2025¶

Ashleigh Finn, Caitlin Fitzgibbon, Natalie Fonda, Cameron M Gosling. (2025). Self-directed learning and the student learning experience in undergraduate clinical science programs: a scoping review. Advances in Health Sciences Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-024-10383-7

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review synthesised evidence from 8 studies coded to the educator influence theme and reports that "the most significant impact of the educator was through motivating students, mentorship, evaluation, and provision of feedback".

"the most significant impact of the educator was through motivating students, mentorship, evaluation, and provision of feedback"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• During feedback provision, most students compared the text with internal manifestations of quality criteria, which supported error identification and evaluation — related
• During feedback provision, content-specific support improves feedback provision quality (g = 0.75) but not knowledge, while generic support improves both provision quality (g = 0.70) and subject-matter-related knowledge (g = 0.55) — related
• Students focused more on errors than on pluses both when providing and when processing peer-feedback — related