Students report awareness of feedback-acting strategies but experience difficulty carrying them out¶
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q2 i? A literature synthesis found students report awareness of strategies for tackling issues identified in feedback comments but have difficulty carrying them out. → David Carless & David Boud 2018
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David Carless & David Boud 2018¶
David Carless & David Boud. (2018). The development of student feedback literacy: enabling uptake of feedback. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 43(8), 1315-1325. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2018.1463354
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Narrative review section on taking action, reporting the synthesis by Winstone et al. (2017b): students report "awareness of strategies" yet "experience difficulty in carrying them out". No effect size is printed.
"A recent synthesis of relevant literature found that students report awareness of strategies for tackling issues identified through comments, but experience difficulty in carrying them out (Winstone et al. 2017b)."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Learners underuse effective learning strategies such as spacing and retrieval practice — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Feedback that answers three questions (Where am I going? How am I doing? Where to next?) improves learning — related
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- Student reflections identify speed and scaffolding as the dominant theme, with verification burden, overreliance worries, and prompt precision also prevalent — related
- Existing reflection models lack strategies to manage challenges introduced by GenAI — related
- Underuse of effective strategies may stem from false beliefs, lack of awareness, and the counter-intuitive nature of the strategies — related
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Students report awareness of feedback-acting strategies but experience difficulty carrying them out |
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Students report awareness of feedback-acting strategies but experience difficulty carrying them out |
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