Key readings

Ideas that shaped how I think about learning

Here are a collection of papers that has influenced my thinking about learning and learning design.

A work in progress. I will be adding more sections and papers!

Feedback

13 papers

Feedback is one of the most widely used practices in education and also one of the most studied ideas. But are we doing it well?

Research shows that feedback can improve learning, but it can also have little effect or even backfire. Much depends on what the feedback focuses on, how and when it is delivered, and what the learner does with it.

The papers below examine feedback from different angles. Together, they give us a useful framework for thinking about what makes feedback effective and how we can use it more thoughtfully in practice.

Two key papers on feedback

  1. The Power of Feedback

    Hattie, J., & Timperley, H. · 2007 · Review of Educational Research

  2. The effects of feedback interventions on performance: A historical review, a meta-analysis, and a preliminary feedback intervention theory

    Kluger, A. N., & DeNisi, A. · 1996 · Psychological Bulletin

Feedback as part of assessment

  1. Formative assessment and the design of instructional systems

    Sadler, D. R. · 1989 · Instructional Science

  2. Assessment and Classroom Learning

    Black, P., & Wiliam, D. · 1998 · Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice

  3. Focus on Formative Feedback

    Shute, V. J. · 2008 · Review of Educational Research

Feedback and self-regulated learning

  1. Feedback and Self-Regulated Learning: A Theoretical Synthesis

    Butler, D. L., & Winne, P. H. · 1995 · Review of Educational Research

  2. Studying as Self-Regulated Learning

    Winne, P. H., & Hadwin, A. F. · 1998 · In Metacognition in Educational Theory and Practice (Erlbaum)

  3. Formative assessment and self-regulated learning: A model and seven principles of good feedback practice

    Nicol, D. J., & Macfarlane-Dick, D. · 2006 · Studies in Higher Education

Feedback in digital environments

  1. Feedback Strategies for Interactive Learning Tasks

    Narciss, S. · 2008 · In Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology (Erlbaum)

  2. Effects of Feedback in a Computer-Based Learning Environment on Students' Learning Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis

    van der Kleij, F. M., Feskens, R. C. W., & Eggen, T. J. H. M. · 2015 · Review of Educational Research

The recent discussion

  1. Rethinking models of feedback for learning: The challenge of design

    Boud, D., & Molloy, E. · 2013 · Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

  2. The development of student feedback literacy: Enabling uptake of feedback

    Carless, D., & Boud, D. · 2018 · Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

  3. The Power of Feedback Revisited: A Meta-Analysis of Educational Feedback Research

    Wisniewski, B., Zierer, K., & Hattie, J. · 2020 · Frontiers in Psychology

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