This is why creating a strong classroom culture is so important. Even teachers can get anxious or defensive when given feedback on our teaching. 4.) Feedback Must Be Given in a Low Stakes Supportive Environmentįeedback can be difficult for some students to receive. After all, even adults have a difficult time being reflective if too much time has passed. 3.) Feedback Needs to Be Timelyįeedback must be given in a reasonable time frame while the content is still fresh in students' brains. Rather than pointing out every little error, focus in on only one or two points that will have the greatest impact on student achievement. I made this mistake early on in my teaching career by handing my students back their writing rough drafts covered in corrections. 2.) Feedback Should Be Specific and Not Overwhelmingįeed back is not pointing out everything that a student did wrong. Quality feedback is providing students actionable, specific information, with the goal of improvement in mind. While praise may sound like, 'good job,' quality instructive feedback sounds like, 'In the first sentence of your paragraph you need to indent.'įeedback is also not advice. There is a difference between feedback and praise. 1.) Feedback Must Be Instructive Rather than Evaluative
