Sustaining Learning Interest Among Disengaged Students: Impacts of Constructive Feedback

Abstract

This research explores the role of external feedback (provided by a foreign business community or FBC) in students’ learning. The aim is to determine whether indirect constructive feedback can sustain learning interest among disengaged students of upper secondary schools located in a large urban environment. The survey is constructed based on the Theory of Planned Behavior, while the feedback design stems from the Double-Loop Learning concept. Data were collected from 176 former and current students. The findings show that indirect constructive feedback has a significant influence on both attitude and paradigm (relating to learning). The findings show that indirect constructive feedback has a significant positive influence on both attitude and paradigm (relating to learning). Consistency, trust, teacher collaboration, and understanding students’ needs represent important factors when designing indirect constructive feedback from an external source. © 2025 by the authors.

Keywords

Author Keywords

Sustainability Learning Feedback learning interest motivation to learn school disengagement

Index Keywords

learning sustainability student survey method spatiotemporal analysis business public attitude

Author Affiliations

Department of Industrial Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT), Pathum Thani, Pathum Thani, Thailand

Department of Industrial Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

Engineering Professional Study Program, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

International School for Social and Business Studies, Celje, Celje, Slovenia

Funding & Acknowledgements

Kasetsart University, KU

The study is funded by the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) through a contract (N42A660996) with Kasetsart University.

National Research Council of Thailand, NRCT

Grant: N42A660996

The study is funded by the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) through a contract (N42A660996) with Kasetsart University.

National Research Council of Thailand, NRCT

The study is funded by the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) through a contract (N42A660996) with Kasetsart University.

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Sustaining Learning Interest Among Disengaged Students: Impacts of Constructive Feedback

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