Examining the Effects of Feedback Accuracy and Timing on Skill Acquisition. Issue 1 (2nd April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brand, Denys; Novak, Matthew D.; DiGennaro Reed, Florence D.; Tortolero, Samara A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of organizational behavior management. Volume 40:Issue 1/2(2020)
• Page Start: 3
• Page End: 18
• Publication Date: 2020-04-02
• Subjects: Performance feedback -- match-to-sample -- translational research -- skill acquisition; Organizational behavior -- Management -- Periodicals; 302.3505
• DOI: 10.1080/01608061.2020.1715319
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0160-8061

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Feedback involves providing information about past performance and indicating how to improve future performance. Although the literature contains numerous examples of feedback as an effective method for improving performance across a range of organizational settings, much remains unknown about the specifics of how feedback acts to change behavior. This study evaluated the combined effects of feedback accuracy (100%, 80%, 20%) and timing (feedback following each trial or after a block of 25 trials) on skill acquisition in undergraduate students when presented with a computerized match-to-sample task that required participants to learn the names of shapes. Results reveal that feedback accuracy had a significantly greater effect on performance than the timing of the feedback.