Effectiveness of Feedback
CPD: The CRAFT of Assessment (by Michael Chiles), topic 4.1.2
The Effectiveness of Feedback
The variation in the effectiveness of feedback can be high. Kulhavy indicated that even when feedback is provided it can be accepted, modified, or rejected.
'In the moment' feedback
- Michael has experienced - from teaching a class himself or observing another colleague - that pupils can become defensive about their work when teachers provide them with ‘in the moment’ feedback.
Hattie's findings
- In a series of meta-analysis from a range of studies conducted, Hattie highlighted the level of variations in the influence of feedback on pupil outcomes.
- The information is summarised on the following slides.
Summary of findings
- Feedback is more effective when it provides information on correct rather than incorrect responses and when it builds on changes from previous trails.
- The impact of feedback is influenced by the difficulty of goals and tasks. It appears to have the most impact when goals are specific and challenging but task complexity is low.
- Praise for task performance appears to be ineffective, which is hardly surprising because it contains such little learning-related information.
Summary of findings (cont.)
- It appears to be more effective when there are perceived low rather than high levels of threat to self-esteem, presumably because low-threat conditions allow attention to be paid to the feedback.
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