What should teachers expect their students to learn from the feedback they provide for the purpose of improving or maintaining performance?

• A. Ability to understand, detect, then correct the error
• B. How to imitate a professional golfer
• C. How to memorize cues without applying them
• D. How to avoid practice altogether

Answer: (A)

Feedback should help students understand what went wrong, notice it in their own performance, and apply a correction to move toward the desired result. When teachers provide actionable feedback, it guides self-monitoring and the ability to adjust technique during practice and real play, fostering ongoing improvement and the maintenance of skills. This approach builds the learner’s capacity to identify discrepancies between their current and target performance, interpret why the error occurred, and implement a concrete fix, rather than simply copying a pro, memorizing cues without using them, or avoiding practice.