Providing Learners with Feedback

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Providing Learners with Feedback

London (UK), May 2008 - Giving learners feedback when they take assessments is a valuable way to help them make cognitive connections and retrieve correct information in the future. But how can feedback be used most effectively? A new research paper licensed by Questionmark and published by Dr. Will Thalheimer of Work-Learning Research examines this topic in detail.

Dr. Will Thalheimer of Work-Learning Research examines this topic in detail.
The paper addresses such as questions as:

Is feedback always helpful?
How much information should be provided as feedback?
What kind of information should be provided as feedback?
How should feedback be provided on correct answers?
How should feedback be provided on incorrect answers?

This paper offers perspective on the place of feedback in learning, makes recommendations for practice and explains the research that supports them.

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