Feedback como ferramenta de ensino: implicações na avaliação individualizada

Abstract

This work focuses on the Educative Social Skill of Giving Feedback as an effective tool for teachers in the promotion of learning. In the investigation of the benefits of a more individualized monitoring of the examination process, the results obtained in the three exams by a group of undergraduate students of a Portuguese major, in the curriculum course of Psychological Fundamentals of Education, were compared in a qualitative analysis of how the orientation given after each examination moment related to the following performance. Data analysis indicated noticeable improvement in the grades of the group in general, mostly the five selected participants for more accuracy of observation in this study. As a result, it was inferred the feedback’s positive influence, both for greater commitment with the curriculum subject, and for the development of metacognitive and motivational processes.