Grid-based and text-based feedback effects in digital essay writing

• DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/68djm_v1
• Publication Date: 2025-02-03T21:04:27Z
• Authors: Tobias Böttger; Melanie V. Keller; Martin Daumiller
• Keywords: Educational Psychology; Higher Education; Education

Background: Feedback plays a crucial role in learning processes by providing guidance to learners, reinforcing strengths, and highlighting areas for improvement enhance their perfor-mance understanding. is particularly important digital environments, as it compensates the lack of direct personal exchange supports learners self-direction. The feedback’s perceived usefulness paramount this regard, only feedback that helpful relevant motivating can have positive impact on aca-demic performance.Aims: We aimed investigate effectiveness two types during regarding student performance.Sample: This study included 173 students writing essays an online seminar. Essay was quantified applying point grid every essay.Methods: presented either form grids or text at measurement points. To sequence effects, were alternated between these time Each accompanied questionnaire its usefulness. relationships type, usefulness, performance evaluated using regression analyses.Results: Text-based rated more useful but not always associated with better performance. underscores importance feedback, which aids clarifying effects outcomes.Conclusions: observed patterns highlight complexity mechanisms em-phasize need further research elucidate underlying optimize feed-back design teaching-learning environments.