"I really need feedback to learn:" Students' perspectives on the effectiveness of the differential feedback messages

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-367

  Lipnevich, Anastasiya A ^a   Smith, Jeffrey K ^b  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Feedback; Focus groups; Formative assessment; Grades; Praise; Source of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349120045     PISSN: 18748597     EISSN: 18748600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-009-9082-2     Document Type: Article

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