Providing Opportunities for Learning through Delayed Feedback Why Sooner is Not Always Better

Abstract

According to Goswami (2008), successful neural consolidation occurs through an incremental approach. Applied to the instructional feedback issue, this indicates that feedback which allows students to gradually, methodically gather information may be more effective than immediate, spontaneous feedback. Furthermore, encouraging repeated exposure to learning material through next-day feedback may lead to incremental neural consolidation. This teacher inquiry project was based on the question: Will delayed feedback improve student learning more effectively than immediate feedback?