“I Think Many of Them Want to Appear to Have a Growth Mindset”: Exploring Supervisors’ Perceptions of Feedback-Seeking Behavior

Feedback seeking is an expected learner competency. Motivations to seek feedback are well explored, but we know little about how supervisors perceive such requests for feedback. These perceptions matter because how supervisors judge requests can affect the feedback they give. This study explores how supervisors perceive and attribute motivations behind feedback requests to better understand the benefits and hazards of feedback seeking.