The Contribution of Teacher Feedback to Learners’ Work Revision: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

Feedback is an essential aspect of the teaching and learning process since it can objectively describe the learner's performance and guide him through revising their work to improve their academic performance. Studies regarding its application in education have recorded significant pedagogical benefits at the teaching and learning levels. The paper presents the results of a systematic literature review of 76 studies (2012-2022), which evaluated the contribution of teacher feedback to the revision of student work. The review was based on the PRISMA methodology, and studies were selected based on quality criteria. The results showed that most of the studies recorded significant benefits from the application of several types of feedback processes in the successful revision of trainees' work, such as the successful correction of errors, the improvement of the quality of their texts, the assimilation of improvement strategies and the receptivity of teachers and learners. Most of the research concerns English as a second and foreign language course and academic writing, recorded in higher education and collected self-report data, utilizing primarily quasi-experimental intervention.