From Receiving to Seeking: Validating a Five-Factor Feedback Orientation Scale in Japanese Higher Education

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Abstract

Effective learning depends on not only the provision of feedback but also students’ engagement with it—an area shaped by individual attitudes. Despite the widespread use of the Feedback Orientation Scale (FOS) to assess these differences in workplace settings, its application and validation in diverse educational contexts, particularly in Asia, are limited and often overlook students’ active feedback-seeking behavior. Addressing this gap, this study extends the FOS by adding a feedback-seeking dimension and validates the revised scale with 166 Japanese university students. Results confirm a robust five-factor structure and strong associations with academic self-concept. The expanded FOS offers a culturally relevant tool to advance feedback literacy research and practice in non-Western higher educational settings.

Authors

• Lan Yang, Education University of Hong Kong

• Mayu Koike Ban, Institute of Science Tokyo

• Midori Ban, Osaka University