The Competing Impacts of Negative Feedback on Academic Performance

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  • Peter Maille Eastern Oregon University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33423/jabe.v23i2.4102

Keywords:

business, economics, penalties, student learning, non-cognitive behaviors, performance

Abstract

A laboratory experiment is used to test the hypothesis that accumulating negative feedback initially boosts, and then decreases, student academic performance. The experiment presented university students with a short quiz, and students who did not meet a preset standard received a negative feedback message. The students then took a second quiz. An analysis of the difference in performance between the first quiz and second quiz supported the hypothesized inverted U-shaped response of academic performance to negative feedback. Refining feedback strategies based on insights from this model could boost the academic performance of a broad swath of students.

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Published

2021-05-11

How to Cite

Maille, P. . (2021). The Competing Impacts of Negative Feedback on Academic Performance. Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 23(2). https://doi.org/10.33423/jabe.v23i2.4102

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