ABSTRACT

This chapter draws attention to the topic of feedback from an educational-scientific point of view; to present the central results of educational research; and to stimulate a reflection on our readers' own roles, expectations, competencies, and mindframes. It focuses on the question of educational research findings, with the following argument: For a long time, the educational discourse was dominated by experience, intuition, and something like a "gut feeling." The chapter examines the factor feedback in more detail by comparing it with other factors. It presents detailed results from primary studies in order to explain the criteria for successful feedback. The chapter also examines the core statements of evidence-based teaching from an educational research perspective. It distinguishes different levels of feedback. The chapter also explains the feedback perspectives of the past, present, and future. It determines different feedback providers and feedback recipients.