This quasi-experimental study set out to examine the effect of peer corrective feedback on feedback givers and receivers in L2 writing. The forms in focus were a/an, the, and the past tense.The study was conducted in an EFL classroom setting with 45 learners of English in three writing classes which served as the feedback givers, receivers, and the control group.  Over four sessions of treatmen...

Purpose Feedback is usually given for the primary benefit of feedback recipient and often involves unidirectional delivery information. The purpose this paper to reverse emphasis examines impacts on students giving staff as an ongoing dialogue in a teaching unit. Design/methodology/approach This novel study uses surveys focus groups in-depth case impact staff. It different aspects students’ exp...

BACKGROUND The literature provides some insight into the role of feedback givers, but little information about within-trainer factors influencing 'feedback-giving behaviours'. We looked for relationships between characteristics of feedback givers (self-efficacy, task perception, neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness) and elements of observation and feedback (frequency, ...

Good feedback is critical to creativity and learning, yet rare. Many people do not know how to actually provide effective feedback. There is increasing demand for quality feedback – and thus feedback givers – in learning and professional settings. This paper contributes empirical evidence that two interactive techniques – reusable suggestions and adaptive guidance – can improve feedback on crea...

MINWii, a new serious video game targeting Alzheimer and demented patients, is a simple Music Therapy tool usable by untrained care givers. Its objective is to improve patients’ self-image (renarcissization) to reduce behavioral symptoms, which are an important cause of institutionalization. With MINWii, elderly gamers use Wiimotes to improvise or play predefined songs on a virtual keyboard. We...

Introduction. This paper investigates participatory practices in library activities for young children and their care-givers in a specific cultural context. Method. Using an ethnographic approach data were collected through participant observations of songtimes for babies and toddlers, and interviews and group interviews with staff and care-givers. Analysis. With a theoretical departure point i...

We studied the effect of two intergroup contexts (in-group and out-group) on the way people use verbal and nonverbal signals when giving feedback. Participants evaluated another person’s low quality oral presentation by filling out evaluation forms and by making a personal video message for the speaker. Participants were led to believe that the addressee was either a fellow student (in-group co...