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Research over the years has shown the importance of regular, timely, ongoing feedback during the learning process if students’ performance is to be improved. Little, as far as we know, has been published on performance feedback at teacher level in order to determine how well teachers’ actions work in terms of accomplishing their goals.

This paper describes the effects of the use of a questionnaire devised to
obtain feedback from students on identified course objectives, competences, and individual performance goals over time. The feedback obtained also served to institute strategic changes which resulted in greater student satisfaction and higher levels of motivation.