Cookson, Christopher James (2015) An investigation into Chinese students’ experiences of and attitudes towards tutor feedback at a Chinese University. Other thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

This thesis explores formative assessment and feedback in China. The study examined how Chinese students at a university in China experienced different feedback types from their Chinese instructors, and what their attitudes towards those were. A mixed-methods approach, using a self-administered, electronically distributed questionnaire and a semi-structured, one-on-one, face-to-face interview, was employed to this end. A total of 232 students – mostly undergraduates – took part, each of whom completed the questionnaire and 30 of whom were interviewed.

A large number of students conveyed an awareness of the formative potential of feedback as well as an expectation towards it playing this role, primarily in terms of learning improvement and being psychologically supportive. Marks and grades were shown to play a dominating and not always unsupportive role. The majority of participants reported overall positive effects of the feedback they were given on aspects of their learning and psychology. However, many felt the feedback they received to be qualitatively as well as quantitatively insufficient.

The study aimed to shed light on a research area and geographical context where accounts in English from a Western perspective are limited. The overarching conclusion of the study’s findings is that there appears to be significant convergence between scholars’ and Chinese students’ expectations of effective feedback. A key recommendation for future research is to conduct further studies into students’ perceptions of feedback in non-Western contexts.

Item Type:	Thesis or Dissertation (Other)
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education L Education > LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Educational tests and measurements -- China, College teachers -- China -- Attitudes, College students -- China -- Attitudes, Education, Higher -- China, Educational evaluation -- China, Students -- Rating of -- Case studies
Official Date:	April 2015
Dates:	Date Event April 2015 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Centre for Education Studies
Thesis Type:	Other
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Brooks, Val, 1954-
Description:	Doctor of Education
Extent:	ix, 236 leaves : illusttrations
Language:	eng

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