Feedback Strategies

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For me, giving true feedback is harder than receiving it. In class I hate to give feedback because if it isn't complete praise, I feel like I am being mean. I also don't want to come off as arrogant or like I know more (because I definitely don't). So this part of the course is going to be a bit of a stretch for me.

The first article I read for this assignment was actual a transcription of a graphic that explained How to Craft Constructive Feedback. It is by Jenn Gibbs and can be found here. This infographic was a concise and simple way to understand how to give constructive feedback as well as how to receive it from others. I found the "be a guide" part most helpful, where it explains three steps to provide good feedback to others. They are observe, describe and suggest. Great tips for this semester!

The second article I read was How To Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn by Justin Chando. As someone that is interested in education, this one caught my eye. One of the most important things I learned from this article was the tip to not be vague, general or confusing when praising or giving students feedback. Without being concrete and telling students what worked and what didn't, you aren't helping them improve their work or allowing them to understand what they are doing well.

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  1. Laura GibbsJanuary 10, 2018 at 9:06 AM

    I am glad you know already how hard it is to give feedback... sometimes that comes as a surprise to people in class, where giving other people feedback about their projects is probably the hardest assignment. Luckily, though, once you get into the process of revising your own work (and with the Storybook/Portfolio projects, there is tons of revision; the blog stories are more like little experiments, practicing and exploring, while the Projects have some actual planning and revision, very different from the blog posts), you will get a sense of what really is helping you the most with your own revising, and then you can try to be helpful to others in the same way. It's not an exact science, but it is definitely something everybody can get better at with practice. And as an educator, you will get LOTS of practice at giving feedback. In my opinion, it's really the most important/useful part of teaching, and I am still learning how to do it well, semester by semester! :-)

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  2. Chelsea January 27, 2018 at 10:48 PM

    Hi Blake! I totally agree with you that giving good feedback is really hard. I never want to offend anyone or make someone upset with me because of negative feedback so it is almost always just easier to give someone positive feedback. I think it is a hard place to be when you are a student trying to explain or even help a fellow student do better.

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