Why should practice be followed by feedback?
Because an answer only becomes useful learning information when the child can tell whether it was correct and, ideally, what to do with the result.[2][3]
How Toku uses this
Toku gives your child a result straight after practice, making success and errors visible while the attempt is still fresh.
What research shows
Feedback research shows substantial average effects, but the impact varies widely depending on what information is given and whether the learner can act on it.[2][3]
Feedback is especially useful when it helps close the gap between current performance and a learning goal.[1]
Retrieval attempts can still benefit learning without feedback, but corrective feedback can strengthen the effect and prevent errors from lingering.[4]
Why this can matter for your child
Mistakes can be identified sooner instead of being repeated unnoticed across more practice.
A wrong answer points somewhere. Toku uses results to make the next practice decision clearer and turn mistakes into useful information for the next attempt.
Questions this helps answer
- why feedback helps learning
- immediate feedback maths
- why correcting mistakes matters
- digital feedback children learning
References
- John Hattie & Helen Timperley (2007). The power of feedback. Review of Educational Research.
- Benedikt Wisniewski, Klaus Zierer & John Hattie (2020). The power of feedback revisited: a meta-analysis of educational feedback research. Frontiers in Psychology.
- Education Endowment Foundation (2026). Feedback. Teaching and Learning Toolkit.
- Henry L. Roediger III & Andrew C. Butler (2011). The critical role of retrieval practice in long-term retention. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.