Correctness and informative feedback with appropriate challenge fostered competence and autonomy¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Check buttons with correctness and informative feedback increased participant confidence and supported perceptions of competence. → Shank 2025

Evidence¶

Shank 2025¶

Shank, E., Tang, H., & Morris, W. (2025). Motivation in online course design using self-determination theory: an action research study in a secondary mathematics course. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-024-10410-9

q2 · i? · design · r2

Theme 2 from inductive interview analysis; checking answers was the most-coded category (61 codes), indicating strong participant confidence gains from self-check features.

"correctness and informative feedback, provided with an appropriate level of challenge, may have fostered competence and autonomy, thereby increasing motivation"

Discussion¶

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