Dr Nicola Reimann nicola.reimann@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
The term ‘feedforward’ is increasingly employed in higher education, and this paper focuses on the way in which it fits into contemporary debates about feedback and its impact on practitioners. Semi-structured interviews were used to investigate the practices academics associate with feedforward and the ways in which their intentions and understandings varied. The term resulted in practices being framed as a process and prompted academics to consider the points in the future when students were expected to deploy information and improve. Three future horizons were identified: the ‘within-module’ future horizon dominated, while the challenges of ‘beyond-module’ and ‘beyond-programme’ horizons became apparent. Written comments, guidance, formative assessment and design practices were associated with feedforward, comprising both transmission and student-focused approaches. It is concluded that the modular system restricts longer-term future horizons and sustainable practices, and more must be done to address the divide between theoretical and practitioners’ perspectives.
Reimann, A., Sadler, I., & Sambell, K. (2019). What's in a word? Practices associated with 'feedforward' in higher education. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 44(8), 1279-1290. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2019.1600655
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 1, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 13, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2019 |
Deposit Date | Apr 17, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 13, 2020 |
Journal | Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education |
Print ISSN | 0260-2938 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-297X |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 44 |
Issue | 8 |
Pages | 1279-1290 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2019.1600655 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Assessment & evaluation in higher education on 13 April 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02602938.2019.1600655
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