Feedback

Feedback is part of the Department’s overall model of academic support for nursing students. The purpose of providing feedback to you on your progress in relation to formative and summative assessments is to facilitate improvement through reflection and promote learning. Feedback can also be a means of helping you to understand why you have been awarded a particular grade, especially in relation to summative assessment.

Feedback is the provision of either constructive comments or a model solution and may be communicated verbally (via tutorials) and in writing (via written feedback comments and annotations). Where possible and appropriate, feedback will link explicitly with the Assessment Guideline and the Marking Criteria.

Both lecturers and students have certain responsibilities concerning learning and feedback.

A student’s responsibilities related to learning and feedback include:

• being a fully active participant in the learning dialogue between lecturer and student;

• planning their own learning, consciously reflecting on their needs as a learner and actively

• accessing the assistance they need to improve, as necessary;

• being aware that it is their responsibility to take full advantage of all the learning and feedback opportunities provided to them.

A lecturer’s responsibilities related to learning and feedback include:

• providing a challenging, active learning environment;

• planning their teaching such that it is clear what is expected of students and what assistance is available to students to address student needs and support their learning;

• providing the best quality, most timely feedback possible on students’ work