Meta-syntheses have reported positive impacts of feedback for student achievement at different stages of education and have been influential in establishing feedback as an effective strategy to support student learning. However, these syntheses combine studies of a variety of different feedback approaches, combine studies where feedback is one of…

Explored the relationship between the status of Javanese women and the politeness or formality of their speech. While women typically spoke more politely than men as an expression of their secondary status at home, men cultivated politeness to express their superior status and authority in the wider cultural context. (Author/CB)