Implementing Immediate Feedback with Unlimited Plus Bonus Points to Increase College Student Learning Motivation and Achievement

Abstract

In this study, immediate feedback, revision opportunities, and bonuses with three levels of appreciation were implemented gradually following the challenges of improving the instruction of the Education Statistics course. The research objectives at the end of the series of improvement actions were: 1) whether the implementation of immediate feedback with unlimited plus bonus points (IFUPBP) can increase learning motivation, and 2) whether the implementation of immediate feedback with unlimited plus bonus points (IFUPBP) can increase learning achievement. This study was an action research with the time-series design of different subject groups. The participants were first semester students of the Education Technology Master Program of Teacher Training and Education Faculty at Bengkulu University, from class VIII to XII who attended the Education Statistics course. Learning motivation was measured through the number of bonus points earned by the students and the number of students who earned bonus points on each homework and exam. Learning achievement was measured using an essay test. Learning motivation