Feedback holds tremendous power in shaping student learning and achievement.
Let’s delve into an enlightening research article titled “Feedback to the Future: Advancing Motivational and Emotional Perspectives in Feedback Research” by CJ Fong and DL Schallert. This thought-provoking study explores the intricate relationship between feedback, motivation, and emotions.
As we dive into this research, we’ll also connect it with the innovative capabilities of MarkSmart, our cutting-edge educational software, to provide personalised feedback that inspires and drives student success.
Fong and Schallert’s research shines a light on the influential role of motivation and emotions in the feedback process. It reveals that feedback not only informs learners about their progress but also profoundly impacts their motivation, engagement, and emotional well-being. By understanding these underlying dynamics, educators can harness the potential of feedback to spark students’ intrinsic motivation and cultivate a positive emotional climate in the classroom.
The MarkSmart Advantage
MarkSmart, our revolutionary educational software, is designed to leverage these motivational and emotional perspectives in feedback research. Through its intuitive interface and innovative features, MarkSmart enables educators to provide personalised feedback that resonates with students on a motivational and emotional level.
By tailoring feedback to individual learners’ needs, strengths, and interests, MarkSmart empowers teachers to inspire, engage, and fuel a passion for learning.
Creating Motivating Feedback Loops
Fong and Schallert’s research talks about creating motivating feedback loops. The MarkSmart App facilitates the creation of effective feedback loops that foster motivation and emotional growth. Teachers using MarkSmart can provide specific and actionable feedback that acknowledges students’ progress, highlights their strengths, and offers guidance for improvement.
With MarkSmart, teachers can also decide to allow their students to improve their grades by acting on the provided feedback and resubmitting their assessments for second consideration. By promoting a growth mindset and nurturing a positive emotional climate, MarkSmart empowers students to embrace challenges and persist in their learning journey.
Igniting Students’ Intrinsic Motivation
By incorporating motivational and emotional perspectives into our feedback practices, we can inspire students, ignite their intrinsic motivation, and create an environment conducive to emotional growth. With MarkSmart’s innovative capabilities, we can amplify the impact of feedback and pave the way for future success.
Final thoughts
Let’s embrace the insights from “Feedback to the Future” and leverage MarkSmart to provide personalised, motivational, and emotionally resonant feedback. Together, we can empower students, unlock their potential, and shape a brighter future.
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About the Author
Kate is an award-winning author, published seven times nationally and internationally. Her novels are used as texts in schools across Australia, with five of her books listed on the Curriculum Council’s Recommended Reading Lists for secondary students. Kate has 28 years of experience teaching English and Literature, giving her valuable insights into the challenges faced by English teachers.
As the world of teaching quickly evolves with advances in technology, the one thing Kate realised had not changed, was the marking burden on English teachers. In 2019, Kate published her first non-fiction book, The (mostly) English Teacher’s Survival Guide to Marking. Kate created a coded marking system that would not only allow teachers a greater work-life balance but would greatly benefit students, showing them how to improve and Feed-Forward to their next assessment.
In 2020, after hearing that the coded marking system was saving teachers up to 40% of marking time, Kate and Nick decided to develop an online application that would transform the current marking practices. In conjunction with a team of software developers MarkSmart was born.