What is it about?
Across three experiments, absolute standing feedback was observed to have stronger and more consistent effects than relative standing feedback on college students’ satisfaction with performance and affective responses.
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Why is it important?
The findings suggest that absolute standing feedback matters more to people than relative standing feedback. Thus, performance evaluators (e.g., teachers, coaches, supervisors) should inform people of their objective performance against absolute evaluation criteria, especially when people are in a high- or low-achieving group, to help people develop a more objective self-evaluation of ability and to better motivate future performance.
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I enjoyed writing this article. Despite the ubiquity of absolute and relative standing feedback in our lives, there is limited and inconsistent evidence on which is more influential. I hope this article provides clarity on this topic.
Dr Qin Zhao
Western Kentucky University
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This page is a summary of: Absolute standing feedback is more influential than relative standing feedback., Journal of Educational Psychology, May 2022, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000676.
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