A Review of Feedback Models and Theories: Descriptions, Definitions, and Conclusions

Frontiers in Education

Volumn 6, Issue , 2021, Pages

  Lipnevich, Anastasiya A ^a   Panadero, Ernesto ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

definition; feedback; feedback mechanism; feedback model; feedback theory; review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85121527573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2504284X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2021.720195     Document Type: Review

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