Research on the types and adoption of peer feedback integrated with interdisciplinary collaboration

With the development of the society, interdisciplinary talents are in great demand. But there are many difficulties in training interdisciplinary personnel. It may be a feasible way to add interdisciplinary learners in peer feedback activities by means of IT support. However, there was less studies on peer feedback integrated with. In this study, 100 students from two related majors, were selected for a 5-week experiment of peer feedback. Then, the content of the collected 588 feedback messages was analyzed to explore the relationship between types and ad option. The results showed that the peer feedback integrated with interdisciplinary collaboration enhanced students' motivation and academic self-efficacy significantly, and helped to cultivate interdisciplinary talents. Interdisciplinary students brought new ideas to peers, but they rarely made specific suggestions. There were significant differences in the adoption of different types among feedback messages. Finally, some suggestions were made for interdisciplinary peer feedback from the aspects of participant guidance, scaffold construction, and technology application.