Learners are more willing to act on feedback when they perceive the sender as credible and trustworthy¶
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Currency · newest study 2017 · checked against its sources 2026-10-22 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? Medical residents and university students reported being more likely to use feedback from apparently credible sources and unlikely to engage with feedback from senders lacking credibility signals. → Winstone 2017
Evidence¶
Winstone 2017¶
Winstone, N. E., Nash, R. A., Parker, M., & Rowntree, J. (2017). Supporting Learners' Agentic Engagement with Feedback: A Systematic Review and a Taxonomy of Recipience Processes. Educational Psychologist, 52(1), 17–37. doi:10.1080/00461520.2016.1207538
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The review reports, citing Eva et al. (2012), a focus group study in which students judged feedback from credible sources as more accurate and more usable. Bing-You et al. (1997) similarly found medical residents unlikely to engage with senders lacking credibility signals such as knowledge, experience, and interpersonal skills.
"undergraduate and postgraduate students judged feedback as more accurate, and claimed they were more likely to use it, if it originated from an apparently credible source"
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Learners are more willing to act on feedback when they perceive the sender as credible and trustworthy |
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Learners are more willing to act on feedback when they perceive the sender as credible and trustworthy |
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