The Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique (IF-AT): an innovative teaching technique for human resource management students

This paper aims to further contribute to the growing literature on Team Based Learning in higher education and employs the highly useful Instant Feedback Assessment Technique (IF-AT) in a study with a group of undergraduate university students in a Strategic Human Resource Management class at an Australian university. It was found that through the use of Team Based Learning and the incorporation of the IF-AT students' skills in the areas of communication, overall learning, cognitive and interpersonal skills through the use of teams or groups of students was enhanced. Suggesting that the potential of instant feedback could help to foster student engagement, encourage interaction between students and provide immediate feedback on student understanding.

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