Feedback on Written Assessments in Universities: A Topography of Literature

Method

The Systematic Quantitative Literature Review (SQLR) method (Pickering & Byrne, 2014) was used to assess the literature on feedback practices associated with written assessments in the tertiary education context. This method bridges the gap between a traditional narrative review and a meta-analysis. It is not intended to be a traditional narrative approach with an in-depth analysis of the findings and conclusions of each of the relevant publications. Rather, an SQLR systematic summarizes the status of the literature so that the results are reliable, quantifiable, and reproducible. An SQLR is most useful for identifying trends and biases in the literature. It also provides a commentary on the literature gaps and reasons why more research is needed to fill them.