Table of Contents
List of Tables .......................... Ⅰ
List of Abbreviations...................... Ⅲ
Chapter 1 Introduction ..................... 1
1.0 Introduction: An Overview ................. 1
1.1 Problem Statement .................... 2
1.2 The Rationales Behind the Study ............... 6
1.3 Overview of Research Methodology ............ 12
1.4 Significance of the Study ................. 13
1.5 Organization of the Book ................. 15
Chapter 2 Issues in Teacher Feedback.............. 16
2.0 Introduction ...................... 16
2.1 Development of Teacher Feedback: Questions......... 16
2.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Teacher Feedback and Its Importance . 23
2.3 Research on Teacher Feedback............... 44
2.4 Research Gaps and Emergent Issues............. 68
2.5 Chapter Summary .................... 72
Chapter 3 Research Design .................. 73
3.0 Introduction ...................... 73
3.1 Research Design: The Rationale .............. 73
3.2 Research Design: Defining the Term “Case Study” ....... 74
3.3 Research Design: Key Issues ............... 80
3.4 Chapter Summary .................... 116
Chapter 4 The Construction of Non-error Feedback........ 117
4.0 Introduction ...................... 117
4.1 What the Teacher Brought to the Feedback Process: Contextual
Information ...................... 118
4.2 The Entire Feedback-Constructing Process the Teacher Went Through:
Contextual Information.................. 129
4.3 The EA Issues the Teacher Actually Focused on ........ 129
4.4 Teacher Decision-Making: How the Teacher Decided Which EA
Issues to Focus on.................... 133
4.5 The Feedback Delivery Approaches the Teacher Used ..... 136
4.6 Teacher Decision-Making: How the Teacher Decided on Feedback
Delivery Approaches................... 144
4.7 Chapter Summary .................... 164
Chapter 5 The Interpretation of Non-error Feedback ....... 168
5.0 Introduction ...................... 168
5.1 What the Students Brought to the Feedback Process: Contextual
Information ...................... 169
5.2 Student A’s Acceptance and Incorporation of EA Feedback.... 177
5.3 Student B’s Acceptance and Incorporation of EA Feedback ... 184
5.4 Student C’s Acceptance and Incorporation of EA Feedback ... 190
5.5 How the Students’ Acceptance and Incorporation of EA Feedback
were Decided...................... 194
5.6 Chapter Summary .................... 223
Chapter 6 The Feedback Process: Its Effectiveness and Helpfulness . 227
6.0 Introduction ...................... 227
6.1 Effectiveness of the Feedback Process ............ 227
6.2 Helpfulness of the Feedback Process: Student Changes ..... 234
6.3 More Helpfulness of Non-error Feedback .......... 235
6.4 Chapter Summary .................... 242
6.5 Summary of All Findings ................. 243
Chapter 7 Discussion and Conclusion .............. 245
7.0 Introduction ...................... 245
7.1 Aims and Methodology of the Study ............ 245
7.2 Summary of Key Findings ................ 246
7.3 Contributions of the Findings ............... 249
7.4 Limitations and Future/Further Research ........... 302
7.5 Final Remarks ..................... 306
References .......................... 308
Appendices.......................... 334
Appendix A: Teacher Background Interview Guide ......... 334
Appendix B: Student Background Interview Guide ......... 336
Appendix C: Think-Aloud Protocol in the Training Session...... 338
Appendix D: Teacher Retrospective and Ongoing Interviews Guide .. 340
Appendix E: Student Retrospective and Ongoing Interviews Guide .. 342
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Appendix F: Teacher/Student Final Interview Guide ........ 344
Appendix G: Teacher Think-Aloud Data Codebook ......... 346
Appendix H: Student Think-Aloud Data Codebook ......... 350
Appendix I: Student Writing with Teacher Comments ........ 357
Appendix J: Student Writing with Teacher Comments and Student-Written
Notes ......................... 360
Appendix K: Writing Prompts ................. 364
