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If at first you do not succeed: Student behavior when provided feedforward with multiple trials for online summative assessments.
Teaching in Higher Education
(2019)
Abstract
Best practices suggest that timely, actionable feedback is provided with the option to apply the feedback. We used a learning management system to deliver assessments with automatic feedback provided at the conclusion of the assessment, allowing for multiple attempts in order to apply the knowledge gained. Questions were pooled so each attempt was unique, the highest score earned was awarded, with no penalty for failure to use multiple attempts. We found that students who did not earn an A on their first attempt were more likely to try again. Those that did tended to score better on their second attempt. This leads us to conclude that assessment design with multiple attempts that incorporates feedforward influences student behavior. Future work will include additional STEM general education courses in a broader study and a survey of student opinions regarding the utility of the feedback and the option for multiple attempts.
Keywords
- summative assessment,
- feedback,
- feedforward,
- Multiple Attempts
Disciplines
Publication Date
September 13, 2019
DOI
10.1080/13562517.2019.1664454
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Citation Information
Emily Faulconer, John C Griffith and Hayden Frank. "If at first you do not succeed: Student behavior when provided feedforward with multiple trials for online summative assessments." Teaching in Higher Education (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_griffith/41/
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