Feedback loops and the longer-term: towards feedback spirals

• Published in: Assessment and evaluation in higher education Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 705 - 714
• Main Author: Carless, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 04.07.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: College students; Educational evaluation; Feedback; Feedback (Response); feedback literacy; feedback loops; feedback spirals; Foreign Countries; Grammatical aspect; Learner Engagement; Learning; Learning Processes; Learning strategies; Literacy; Longitudinal Studies; Self concept; Student Experience; Student Reaction; Undergraduate Students; Hong Kong

A key challenge for feedback practice involves promoting student uptake through the closing of feedback loops. This paper investigates feedback loops by using the concepts of single and double-loop learning to interrogate student responses to feedback. Single-loop learning tackles an identified prob...