‘Now that’s the feedback I want!’ Students’ reactions to feedback on graded work and what they do with it

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 499-516

  Pitt, Edd ^a   Norton, Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emotional effects of feedback; feedback; feedback motivation; students responses to feedback; students use of feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958527231     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2016.1142500     Document Type: Article

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