Feedback on feedback! Encouraging students to read feedback: a University of Gloucestershire case study

Abstract

This practice paper addresses the issue of encouraging students to read, assimilate and use feedback on assessed work. It is based on an experiment in two modules in the BA (Hons) Leisure Management degree at the University of Gloucestershire, examining students’ expectations of the assessment of their work, and their responses to an initial withholding of the mark as written feedback is presented. The findings of the exercise revealed students to be largely positive about a transparent attempt to make them read comments before receiving the mark for an assignment.