The effects of adaptive feedback on student's learning gains

• Main Authors: Bimba, Andrew Thomas, Idris, Norisma, Al-Hunaiyyan, Ahmed, Ungku Ibrahim, Ungku Ferwani Salwa, Mustafa, Naharudin, Supa'at, Izlina, Zainal, Norazlin, Ahmad, Mohd Yahya
• Format: Article
• Published: Science & Information Sai Organization Ltd 2021
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/35124/

There is an increase in the implementation of adaptive feedback models, which focus on the relationship between adaptive feedback and learning gains. These literatures suggest that the complex relationship between feedback, task complexity, pedagogical principles and student's characteristics affect the significance of feedback effects. However, current studies have shown insufficient research on the effect of adaptive feedback characteristics on student's learning gains. Thus, there is a need to investigate the effect of multiple adaptive feedback characteristics on student's learning gains. The adaptive feedback model proposed supports the retrieval of appropriate feedback for students based on established weights between related concepts. In comparing three experimental groups, students who were provided with adaptive feedback showed learning gains and normalized learning gains of 0.87 and 0.05 over the normal feedback group, with 0.97 and 0.07 over the non-feedback group. This research yielded better outcomes than previous similar studies.