Sandwich feedback: The empirical evidence of its effectiveness

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 71, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Prochazka, Jakub ^a   Ovcari, Martin ^a   Durinik, Michal ^a,b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experiment; Feedback; Sandwich feedback; Task performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85095932325     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2020.101649     Document Type: Article

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