Types of formative feedback provided by technology teachers during practical assessment tasks
Nelé Loubser 1 , Willem Rauscher 1 * , Nicolaas Blom 2
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1 University of Pretoria, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA2 University of Limerick, Limerick, IRELAND* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Technology learners require formative feedback from their teachers to aid them in structuring and solving design problems. Without such feedback, learners often do not explore sub-problems and are inclined to reproduce known and existing solutions. Due to a paucity of literature on formative feedback in technology classrooms, this study investigated the formative feedback types that teachers provide to learners during the problem-structuring and problem-solving phases. A qualitative case study design was employed to investigate such feedback from five technology teachers who supported their learners in solving ill-structured design problems. The findings indicate that teachers’ formative feedback consists predominantly of low-level questions, while generative design questions and low-level comments were the least observed. A deeper understanding of how formative feedback unfolds in a technology classroom may help teachers guide learners through problem structuring and solving. Further research is needed to determine the influence of formative feedback on learners’ design outcomes.

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Article Type: Research Article

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2024, Article No: em2448

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14586

Publication date: 01 Jun 2024

Online publication date: 07 May 2024

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