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Getting the Message Across: The problem of communicating assessment feedback

Higgins, Richard, Hartley, Peter, Skelton, Alan·2001·Teaching in Higher Education
DOI 10.1080/13562510120045230
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Abstract

Current literature provides useful insights into the role of assessment feedback in student learning, yet fails to recognise its complexity as a unique form of communication. This article outlines ideas emerging from ongoing research into the meaning and impact of assessment feedback for students in higher education. We argue that new models of communication are required to understand students' responses to the language of tutors' comments, and that issues of discourse, identity, power, control and social relationships should be central to any understanding of assessment feedback as a communication process. Implications of adopting an alternative perspective for research and practice are identified and discussed.

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Authors
Higgins, R., Hartley, P., & Skelton, A.
ORCID
Higgins, Richard
Venue
Teaching in Higher Education
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2001-04
Volume
6
Issue
2
Pages
269-274
ISSN
  • 1356-2517 (ISSN-L)
  • 1470-1294
DOI
10.1080/13562510120045230
OpenAlex
W1994469296
Cited by
549
References
6
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 93 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 28
FWCI
20.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Teaching in Higher Education (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Student Assessment and Feedback
  • Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Communication in Education and Healthcare
Keywords
assessment feedback, feedback communication, student responses to feedback, discourse, student identity, university teaching

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