F y T Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by Carolina Mendez

Most educat­ional resear­chers consider the term “feedback” in
the context of instru­ction. Feedback has been widely perceived
as an important component of general systems operations and
may be viewed under a variety of settings. In the purely instru­ctional sense, feedback can be said
to describe any commun­ication or procedure given to inform
a learner of the accuracy of response, usually to an instru­ctional question

For many years, behavi­ori­sts­-in­spired research has found that positive feedback is much more effective than negative feedback in changing pupil behavior. Positive feedback has two principal functions: to let students know that they have performed correctly and to increase motivation through praise.