Feedback literacy

What is feedback literacy?

“the understandings, capacities and dispositions needed to make sense of information and use it to enhance work or learning strategies.” Carless & Boud, 2018, p.1316

The Feedback Literacy Behaviour Scale (FLBS)

The FLBS is a self-report survey to measure what learners do in feedback literacy. It is available freely under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.

Download the FLBS
Download the FLBS
Read the open access paper
Read the open access paper
Translations and adaptations
Translations and adaptations
Contact the researchers
Contact the researchers

Dawson, P., Yan, Z., Lipnevich, A., Tai, J., Boud, D., & Mahoney, P. (2023). Measuring what learners do in feedback: the feedback literacy behaviour scale. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2240983

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Teacher Feedback Literacy Scale

The Teacher Feedback Literacy Scale is a self-report instrument used to measure how higher education teachers design and implement feedback across a course or unit. It is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.

Download the Teacher Feedback Literacy Scale
Download the Teacher Feedback Literacy Scale
Read the open access paper
Read the open access paper
Contact the researchers
Contact the researchers

Istencioglu, T., Yang, L., Dawson, P., & Boud, D. (2026). How do teachers design and do feedback? Development and validation of the teacher feedback literacy scale. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2026.2661361

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