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2015 |
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This paper adopts an “advice for action” approach to feedback in educational practice:
addressing how provision of “hints” to participants before they write academic essays
can support their understanding and performance in essay-writing tasks. We explored
differences in performance by type of hint, and whether there was a transfer of better
performance in subsequent essays. Fifty participants were recruited, consisting of
eight men and 42 women aged 18-80. Participants were assigned in rotation to four
groups, and asked to write two essays. Groups 1 and 3 received hints before Essay
1, whilst Groups 2 and 4 received hints before Essay 2. Groups 1 and 2 received essential
hints; Groups 3 and 4 received helpful hints. Essays were marked against set criteria.
The results showed that an “advice for action” approach to essay-writing, in the form
of hints, can significantly improve writers’ marks. Specifically higher marks were
gained for the introduction, conclusion and use of evidence: critical components of
“good” academic essays. As the hints given were content-free, this approach has the
potential to instantly benefit tutors and students across subject domains and institutions
and is informing the development of a technical system that can offer formative feedback
as students draft essays. |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/313149 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/313150 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/349584 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/349585 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/349586 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/349587 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/349588 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/349589 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/349620 |
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Whitelock, Denise ; Twiner, Alison ; Richardson, John T. E. ; Field, Debra and Pulman,
Stephen (2015). Feedback on Academic Essay Writing through pre-Emptive Hints: Moving
Towards "Advice for Action". In: Best of EDEN RW8 (Special issue of the European
Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning) (Bernath, U. and Szücs, A. eds.), European
Distance and E-Learning Network, Budapest pp. 1–15. |
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Whitelock, Denise ; Twiner, Alison ; Richardson, John T. E. ; Field, Debra and
Pulman, Stephen (2015). Feedback on Academic Essay Writing through pre-Emptive Hints:
Moving Towards "Advice for Action". In: Best of EDEN RW8 (Special issue of the European
Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning) (Bernath, U. and Szücs, A. eds.), European
Distance and E-Learning Network, Budapest pp. 1–15. |
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Title |
Feedback on Academic Essay Writing through pre-Emptive Hints: Moving Towards "Advice
for Action" |
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