Evaluation of alternative feedback mechanisms on student engagement with assessment feedback

Stephen Colbran

Evaluation of alternative feedback mechanisms on student engagement with assessment feedback

Stephen Colbran

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This study examined students' perceptions of the usefulness of assessment feedback provided by ReMarksPDF and provides a summary of positive and negative aspects of different types of feedback annotations. Students randomly received one of 7 different combinations of feedback. 74.9% of students found ReMarksPDF feedback better than that they have received in the past and 73.2% of students agreed or strongly agreed that other units should adopt the ReMarksPDF system. Students found the mark tally table, assessment rubric, spider chart, spider chart (with average), colour coding and smileys to be significantly valuable feedback in that order of preference. Females gave higher ratings than males on all feedback types, except spider charts, which were equally highly rated by males. Respondents indicated that ReMarksPDF feedback was easy to read and understand and that it was beneficial to have comments appear in a side column note.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Changing Demands, Changing Directions: Proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011
Editors	G Williams, P Statham, N Brown, B Cleland
Place of Publication	Hobart, Australia
Publisher	University of Tasmania
Pages	269-274
ISBN (Print)	9781862956445
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	ASCILITE 2011: 28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education - Hobart, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2011 → 7 Dec 2011

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Conference	ASCILITE 2011: 28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
City	Hobart, Australia
Period	4/12/11 → 7/12/11

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Educational Technology and Computing
Law and Legal Studies

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Colbran, S 2011, Evaluation of alternative feedback mechanisms on student engagement with assessment feedback. in G Williams, P Statham, N Brown & B Cleland (eds), Changing Demands, Changing Directions: Proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011. University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, pp. 269-274, ASCILITE 2011: 28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, Hobart, Australia, 4/12/11. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9325>

Evaluation of alternative feedback mechanisms on student engagement with assessment feedback. / Colbran, Stephen.
Changing Demands, Changing Directions: Proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011. ed. / G Williams; P Statham; N Brown; B Cleland. Hobart, Australia: University of Tasmania, 2011. p. 269-274.

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