Students’ Attitude Towards Computer-Assisted Feedback

Strategies in Online Technology Education

Ruifang Hope Adams

(Empire State College, State University of New York,USA)

Abstract: This study investigates the effects of computer-assisted feedback strategies used by university students in a technology education curriculum. Specifically, the study examines the effectiveness of the computer-assisted feedback strategy "knowledge of response" (KOR), and the "knowledge of correct responses" (KCR) strategy, and compared them with "no feedback" on students’ learning attitude in technology education. Three intact classes were assigned to one of three conditions: KOR, KCR, or no feedback (control group). The dependent measure consisted of a 24-item attitudinal survey. Learning attitude data on online feedback strategy were obtained through the "Web-based" surveys during a four-week period of "Web-based" instruction. Results showed that using computer-assisted feedback of KOR or KCR or no feedback in online instruction lead to same attitude. Fingdings suggest that technology education instruction with computer-assisted feedback strategies could be a viable option for learning in a favorable direction.

Key words: computer-assisted feedback; learning attitude; online learning

【CLC numbers】G434

【Document code】A

【Article ID】1007-2179(2012)04-0062-08

The Author: Ruifang Hope Adams, Empire State College, State University of New York, USA(Hope.Adams@esc.edu).

学生对计算机辅助反馈策略的态度

孙瑞芳

(纽约州立大学帝国州立学院研究院，美国)

【摘要】本研究调查了计算机辅助反馈策略对大学技术教育课程的影响。具体来说，研究探讨了计算机辅助反馈策略“对错反馈”（Knowledge of Responses，简称KCOR）和“正确答案反馈”（Knowledge of Correct Responses，简称KCR）的有效性，并与“无反馈”（No Feedback）的学生的学习态度进行了比较。三组学生被分配到三个条件之一：KOR, KCR和NR（对照组）。通过四个星期的基于网络的教学实验, 研究者获得学习者对计算机辅助反馈教学系略的态度。结果表明，学生对三种反馈显示出相同的态度。计算机辅助反馈策略可能是促进学习的可行的选择。

【关键词】计算机辅助反馈；学习态度；网络学习