Improving feedback

By Harry Fletcher-Wood2019-05-08T10:05:00

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How students benefit from feedback

Examining how students benefit from feedback will help teachers deliver effective feedback. This article explains how effective feedback encourages a response from the student, helps them improve their response to a task and can be applied to future questions.

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