What Feedback Do Students Want?

Blair, A., Curtis, S., Goodwin, M. and McGinty, S. ‘What Feedback Do Students Want’, Politics, Forthcoming

31 Pages Posted: 18 Jun 2012

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Alasdair Blair

De Montfort University

Steven Curtis

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Sam McGinty

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Mark Goodwin

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: June 14, 2012

Abstract

The feedback that students receive on their assignments has been subject to a great deal of debate in Universities across the globe. Whereas academics regularly complain that students do not engage with feedback by citing uncollected coursework, students repeatedly protest about the timeliness and quality of feedback, citing illegible, overly critical and a lack of verbal feedback. In this article we report on the findings of feedback practices from a survey of 308 undergraduate students studying combined degree programmes of Politics, History and International Relations at two British Universities. This article seeks to offer a clearer understanding of the feedback practices that students want and from the analysis of the research findings we offer a range of strategies for improving feedback practices.

Keywords: feedback, students, dialogue

Suggested Citation

Blair, Alasdair and Curtis, Steven and McGinty, Sam and Goodwin, Mark, What Feedback Do Students Want? (June 14, 2012). Blair, A., Curtis, S., Goodwin, M. and McGinty, S. ‘What Feedback Do Students Want’, Politics, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2085614

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Steven Curtis

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Sam McGinty

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Mark Goodwin

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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