ERIC Number: EJ1231933
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Publication Date: 2016
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Feedback for Future Learning: Delivering Enhancements and Evidencing Impacts on the Student Learning Experience
Gartland, Kevan M. A.; Shapiro, Angela; McAleavy, Lesley; McDermott, Jamie; Nimmo, Alison; Armstrong, Melanie
New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, v11 n1 2016
Enhancing the student learning experience through the provision of improved student feedback is both challenging and complex. 'Feedback for Future Learning' was a Glasgow Caledonian University(GCU)-wide project intended to enhance feedback practices from both the student and staff perspectives; to ensure greater awareness of, and reflection upon, feedback by students; and to encourage greater use of feedback to inform future student learning. The design, implementation and evaluation of approaches to 'Feedback for Future Learning' are described with an emphasis on STEM disciplines. The conceptualisation, design and implementation of a range of student feedback tools and approaches aimed to develop understanding of learning processes, reinforce learning and improve performance. This was achieved through collaboration with the GCU Students' Association and the establishment of the University Feedback Enhancement Group. A series of generic and bespoke seminars, workshops, individual programme interventions and competitions were used to enhance comprehension of the perception, experience and use of formative and summative assessment feedback by students. Providing opportunities for reflection and evaluation together with qualitative and quantitative metrics have demonstrated 93% satisfaction with student feedback enhancement workshops, a trebling of engagement with memorable feedback survey initiatives and an increase by 9% in satisfaction with assessment and feedback in the National Student Survey. A rise by 16% in student satisfaction with the promptness of feedback, an improvement by 14% in satisfaction with the detailed comments received and an increase by 8% in satisfaction with the helpfulness of comments received were achieved. The lessons learned inform the continuing and sustainable enhancement of the student learning experience for STEM students and the wider University community.
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Learner Engagement, Reflection, Learning Experience, Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Student Satisfaction, College Students, Workshops, Teacher Student Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Glasgow)
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