Cited by 414Student Assessment and FeedbackEvaluation of Teaching PracticesCommunication in Education and Healthcare

Facilitating productive use of feedback in higher education

Jonsson, Anders·2013·Active Learning in Higher Education

Abstract

Although feedback has a great potential for learning, students do not always make use of this potential. This article therefore reviews research literature on students’ use of feedback in higher education. This is done in order to find answers as to why some students do not use the feedback they receive and which factors are important in influencing students’ use of teacher feedback. Findings show that utility is not only a key feature for students’ use of feedback but also that some factors, such as lack of strategies for productively using feedback or lack of understanding of academic discourse, may hinder students’ possibilities to use the information formatively.

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  • Peer assessment is generally considered useful in encouraging students to act on feedback, especially when integrated in a deeper conversation about assessment.

    “As explained previously, peer assessment can help address these issues and is generally considered useful in encouraging students to act on feedback (Jonsson, 2013), especially when integrated in a deeper conversation about assessment (Cartney, 2010).”
  • Self-efficacy affects perceived behaviour of the patient; greater awareness of being able to carry out a long-term action makes that behaviour more easily implemented.

    “Self-efficacy affects perceived behaviour of the patient as the greater the awareness of being able to carry out a long-term action, the more easily that behaviour will be implemented [59].”
  • There is often a discrepancy between students' reception and use of feedback, referred to as the feedback gap.

    “Several studies have also found that there is often a discrepancy between students' reception and use of feedback, referred to as “the feedback gap” (Evans, 2013;Jonsson, 2013).”
  • Jonsson's review concluded that the feedback gap relates to students' understanding of the feedback, as well as strategies and opportunities to use the feedback purposefully.

    “A review by Jonsson (2013) concluded that this gap relates to student's understanding of the feedback, as well as strategies and opportunities to use the feedback purposefully.”

    From Using learning analytics to understand student perceptions of peer feedback (2021) · cites this paper as Jonsson (2013)

  • Student's sensemaking of the feedback correlates with their experience of its usefulness is known from previous studies and relates to the problem of the feedback gap.

    “That student's sensemaking of the feedback correlates with their experience of its usefulness is known from previous studies and relates to the problem of the feedback gap (Jonsson, 2013;Nelson & Schunn, 2009).”

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Authors
Jonsson, A.
Affiliations
Malmö University, Sweden
Venue
Active Learning in Higher Education
Published
2012-12-10
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
63-76
ISSN
  • 1469-7874 (ISSN-L)
  • 1741-2625
OpenAlex
W2122933407
Cited by
414
References
108
Citations by year
2026: 32 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 45 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 9
FWCI
57.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Active Learning 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
feedback use, teacher feedback, formative feedback, student learning, feedback strategies, academic discourse, university students

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