Understanding individual differences in students’ responses to technology-based feedback on a writing task: the role of achievement motives and initial task performance

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Title: Understanding individual differences in students’ responses to technology-based feedback on a writing task: the role of achievement motives and initial task performance
Authors: Jennifer Meyer, Thorben Jansen, Martin Daumiller, Johanna Fleckenstein
Source: Journal of Research on Technology in Education. :1-31
Publisher Information: Informa UK Limited, 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Subject Terms: ddc:150
Description: Computer-based feedback interventions are generally effective—but not for all students. Students’ achievement motives (hopes for success, fear of failure) might explain how students respond to feedback in interplay with initial task performance. In a sample of 949 secondary school students in Germany (Grades 7–9) we found that when the task criterion was initially not met, higher hopes for success were positively associated with students’ subsequent task performance after receiving automated feedback. When the criterion was initially met, a higher fear of failure was negatively related to the subsequent task performance. Our results suggest that achievement motives can play a complex role at different levels of initial task performance. These insights could inform personalized feedback design to enhance feedback effectiveness in cognitively demanding tasks.
Document Type: Article
Language: English
ISSN: 1945-0818
1539-1523
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2025.2471765
Rights: CC BY
Accession Number: edsair.doi.dedup.....13cadd6bf0133ea64e5b2343d10648ad
Database: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:Computer-based feedback interventions are generally effective—but not for all students. Students’ achievement motives (hopes for success, fear of failure) might explain how students respond to feedback in interplay with initial task performance. In a sample of 949 secondary school students in Germany (Grades 7–9) we found that when the task criterion was initially not met, higher hopes for success were positively associated with students’ subsequent task performance after receiving automated feedback. When the criterion was initially met, a higher fear of failure was negatively related to the subsequent task performance. Our results suggest that achievement motives can play a complex role at different levels of initial task performance. These insights could inform personalized feedback design to enhance feedback effectiveness in cognitively demanding tasks.
ISSN:19450818
15391523
DOI:10.1080/15391523.2025.2471765