From Earning to Learning is the podcast where Dave Frangiosa shares research backed philosophies, thoughts on student engagement and classroom tested techniques that can help move students towards learning.

The type of feedback that supports an activity is just as, if not more important than the activity it supports. The differences between and impacts of evaluative and descriptive feedback will be discuss. Some approaches that have minimized the burden of descriptive feedback will also be presented.

Resources:

Butler, R. (1987). Task-involving and ego-involving properties of evaluation: Effects of different feedback conditions on motivational perceptions, interest, and performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 79(4), 474–482. doi: 10.1037/0022-0663.79.4.474

Lipnevich, AA & Smith, JK (2008). Response to Assessment Feedback: The Effects of Grades, Praise, and Source of Information. ETS Research Report Series (1), i-57

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