Hargreaves, Eleanore;
(2011)
Teachers' feedback to pupils: "like so many bottles thrown out to sea"?
In: Berry, Rita and Adamson, Bob, (eds.)
Assessment Reform in Education.
(pp. 121-134).
Springer: Dordrecht. The Netherlands.
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Abstract
This article draws on existing research about feedback, and also on teachers’ perceptions of feedback, in order to throw light on the roles feedback can play in supporting learning within the classroom. It addresses the “common but puzzling observation that even when teachers provide students with valid and reliable judgements about the quality of their work, improvement does not necessarily follow” (Sadler, 1989). The article draws on a survey of 88 teachers as to how feedback becomes effective. The teachers were invited to complete the sentence, “Feedback becomes effective when…. ”. The article concludes that it is the social and personal aspects of feedback that may constitute the missing piece to Sadler’s (1989) puzzle: pupils are more likely to make constructive meaning out of feedback messages when teachers recognize the influence of social and personal aspects, as well as of the content and form, of feedback.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Teachers' feedback to pupils: "like so many bottles thrown out to sea"? |
| ISBN-13: | 978-94-007-0728-3 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-94-007-0729-0_9 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0729-0_9 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10006360 |
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