ERIC Number: ED616546
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-May
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Feedback That Leads to Improvement in Student Essays: Testing the Hypothesis That "Where to Next" Feedback Is Most Powerful
Online Submission, Frontiers in Education v6 Article 645758 May 2021
Feedback is powerful but variable. This study investigates which forms of feedback are more predictive of improvement to students' essays, using "Turnitin Feedback Studio"--a computer augmented system to capture teacher and computer-generated feedback comments. The study used a sample of 3,204 high school and university students who submitted their essays, received feedback comments, and then resubmitted for final grading. The major finding was the importance of "where to next" feedback which led to the greatest gains from the first to the final submission. There is support for the worthwhileness of computer moderated feedback systems that include both teacher- and computer-generated feedback.
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Evaluation, High School Students, Undergraduate Students, Essays, Writing Improvement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Writing Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship, Grading, Writing Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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