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Formative student feedback: enhancing the quality of learning and teaching

Kin Wai Michael Siu

Abstract:

Formative student feedback is an issue on which researchers have increasingly focused, as both the learning and teaching of a course can be improved during the learning process. However, this type of continuous feedback is still paid less attention and is implemented less widely than are other learning and teaching enhancement methods. Based on a case study of an industrial and product design course in Hong Kong, this chapter first reviews the advantages of summative student feedback and identifies the common problems and limitations it presents. The chapter goes on to underline the importance of implementing a formative student feedback ...

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