The ability to learn from feedback and its impact on the perception of learning

Abstract

The study described in this article is part of the PhD research work “Model to develop the ability to learn from feedback and improvement in the performance of students in higher education in Guatemala”, conducted in a private university in Guatemala. It is important to highlight that this article is part of a series of articles. Several studies, such as Hattie and Timperley (2007) that emphasize that effective feedback is the most powerful factor to achieve learning, motivate the present study whose aim is to analyze the effect on the learning of professors when applying the Hope Model, proposed by the author as part of her PhD research. This model focuses on reducing the discrepancy in a task from its comprehension, its execution and the obtained performance, against the learning objectives and competencies to be achieved, through the feedback that the professor provides to the student in a planned and intentional manner. The Hope Model was applied in a virtual course with a group of volunteer university professors. Upon completion, they were surveyed to evaluate their experience with the Hope Model. The correlation between the different variables was analyzed. The highest correlation index is between the ability to learn from feedback and the perception of learning. There is evidence of a strengthening of the ability to learn from feedback, which is related to the perception of learning

Keywords

• Feedback information
• ability to learn from feedback
• learning