EFFECT OF DESCRIPTIVE FEEDBACK AND CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF VII GRADERS IN MATHEMATICS

Abstract

Mathematics has become a universal language and a way of thinking
especially due to the advancement in the electronic media. Effective teaching
plays a vital role in the propagation of mathematical knowledge. Feedback
strategies can be used to enhance mathematical understanding. Feedback
process helps the students to acquire information about their existing
achievement with respect to goals and help them to improve learning. This
study was designed to explore the effect of descriptive feedback and
corrective feedback on academic achievement of VII grade in mathematics.
Only post-test control group design was used. There were three groups.
Group 1 received descriptive feedback, group 2 received corrective
feedback and group 3 served as a control group. All groups contained 53
students each. The results analysed indicated that descriptive feedback has
more positive effect on students’ achievements as compare to corrective
feedback. Students taught through corrective feedback performed better than
control group. Although, it is difficult to generalize the results of this study
(issue of all experimental researches) but having support of literature it
might be suggested that feedback is effective tool for the improvement of
mathematics achievement of the students