I have chosen to link my TAI to Feedback this year. In our cluster meeting we were put into groups with teachers from other schools who were also looking at Feedback. The slide below is what we looked at. We read a reading about feedback and I made notes to share back with others.
Feedback needs to be clear, purposeful, meaningful in order to be effective. It needs to be aimed at the right level for the students so that they are able to comprehend what you are telling them. It is a most powerful tool used to enhance learning WHEN it is done correctly.
There are two types of feedback. Evaluative vs Descriptive.
Evaluative is judgemental and general, it effects how students feel about their work. "Good job" can leave students feeling happy and proud. The less able students, if given general feedback can leave them feeling not so great, and like they have not achieved what the teacher expected them to.
Descriptive feedback describes with guidance and is specific to the students learning. It focuses on the LO and just the LO, it also focuses on improvement and next steps so that the students know what they are working towards next time.
Reminder prompts: Using student prior knowledge
Scaffold: Teacher gives students a bit of help
Example: Give it to the students so that they know what to do.
Feedback is most effective when it involves the student. What do your students need?? Ask them! Then check how the feedback has helped with questions such as "Do you know what to do next?" It is always good to clarify with students as often they go away still not knowing. If you get them to repeat what they need to do next it also checks their understanding of the feedback in which you have given.
This meeting was great and helpful in getting me to think further about types of feedback and how they are best used. Something so simple, yet often not used correctly and in a way that is beneficial to students learning.
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