Feedback is often used to assist instruction but different situations may call for different kinds of feedback. This analysis of the varieties of task, of feedback mode, and of learner is intended to encourage the use of feedback in specifically appropriate situations and to begin systematizing the empirical validation of relevant parameters.
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