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Community College Instructors' Perceptions And Use Of Feedback, Janeth Martin Walker Franklin
Community College Instructors' Perceptions And Use Of Feedback, Janeth Martin Walker Franklin
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many community college students, especially those who are required to take developmental education courses, do not complete course and degree goals. Research shows that constructive feedback practices used by instructors improve academic achievement while destructive feedback practices diminish student learning. Using a constructivist framework, the purpose of this qualitative, instrumental case study was to understand how faculty who teach developmental education and entry level college courses perceive and use feedback in a large urban community college in the Southwestern United States. Data were collected through 17 in-depth, face-to-face interviews and written feedback examples submitted by the faculty members. Interview transcripts …