The psychological mechanics of effective feedback - Dr Rob Nash

As educators, we spend significant time and effort on providing feedback to the learners we teach. This investment, research tells us, is worthwhile because feedback is one of the most powerful drivers of learning. And yet we so often experience our feedback having no apparent impact, sometimes even being ignored altogether. To understand why, and to remedy this problem, we must delve into the minds of learners to understand what occurs in the moments, hours, days, and weeks after they receive feedback. I will argue that truly understanding how and when feedback is effective requires us to ask ourselves as educators more ‘psychological’ questions about the fate of the feedback we give.

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