Student Feedback Matters – How and Why Student Feedback Works Guide for Students

Student Feedback Matters – How and Why Student Feedback Works Guide for Students

Creator(s) (alphabetical)

Joe Curran

Organisation(s)

Maynooth University Student Feedback and Teaching Evaluation Initiative

Discipline(s)

Teaching & Learning

Topic(s)

Assessment and Feedback, Student Success

License

CC BY-NC-SA

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Student feedback is any information, formal or informal, that students provide about their university experiences. This guide discusses feedback that students communicate to university staff about their experiences of teaching and learning.

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

This guide explains what student feedback is, why it is collected, and how you can best use student feedback processes to improve your experiences of teaching and learning and those of your fellow students.

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Curran, J. (2021). Student feedback matters – how and why student feedback works guide for students. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/student-feedback-matters-how-and-why-student-feedback-works-guide-for-students/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).

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