Most studies used online peer feedback to improve students' task performance¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? More than half of the reviewed studies (n = 48) used online peer feedback to improve students' task performance, with writing performance attracting the most attention. → Xingshi Gao 2024

Evidence¶

Xingshi Gao 2024¶

Xingshi Gao, Omid Noroozi, Judith Gulikers, Harm J.A. Biemans, Seyyed Kazem Banihashem. (2024). A systematic review of the key components of online peer feedback practices in higher education. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100588

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Systematic review coding of feedback functions across 73 studies. The review reports "More than half of the reviewed studies used online peer feedback to improve students' task performance in various disciplines (n = 48)", with writing performance the most studied sub-function.

"More than half of the reviewed studies used online peer feedback to improve students' task performance in various disciplines (n = 48)."

Discussion¶

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