Description
Book SynopsisThis volume addresses the pivotal role of feedback in enhancing students'' motivation and learning. Through a series of innovative studies, it uncovers the intricacies of how students perceive and utilize feedback, offering practical strategies for educators while bridging the gap between feedback research and classroom practice.
The book showcases six outstanding studies that offer unique insights into how teacher feedback influences student learning and achievement, all from the perspectives of students. Chapters delve into various meaningful explorations of the paramount role of feedback in education, offering readers profound insights into its pivotal significance, the nuanced ways students respond to it, and the intricate mechanisms governing its influence on student achievement and engagement. The volume uncovers key mediators such as growth-oriented goals, feedback beliefs, and school identification, shedding light on how these factors shape the impact of feedback.
Table of Contents
Introduction to unlocking the power of teacher feedback: a student-centric perspective 1. The role of teacher feedback–feedforward and personal best goal setting in students’ mathematics achievement: a goal setting theory perspective 2. Individual differences in self-reported use of assessment feedback: the mediating role of feedback beliefs 3. Supporting students’ engagement with teachers’ feedback: the role of students’ school identification 4. Promoting student engagement with teacher feedback through rebuttal writing 5. Effects of cognitive appraisal styles and feedback types on feedback acceptance and motivation for challenge 6. A meta-analysis on the impact of grades and comments on academic motivation and achievement: a case for written feedback
