Developing Meaningful Feedback
When developing meaningful feedback for assignments/projects integrated into your own online course, what do you believe are the three most important things to remember?
James,
Love the term "content polish suggestions." We are all working toward the same end product - an improved student. Thanks for your input.
At the university for which I teach, the three feedback expectations that we, as instructors, must remember to provide are content praise, content polish suggestions, and structure and syntax evaluation. By providing content specific praise and polish suggestions, I can point out the ways in which the students are achieving success, as well as point them in the right direction for what improvements they will need to apply to assignments in order to achieve future success. Also, when I complete a structural and syntactical evaluation, I make sure that, when I point out an error, I provide an explanation for why the error occurred and an example of how to fix the error. By providing consistent responses, I feel that I can provide a clear sense of expectations regarding assignments in a way that will serve to benefit students throughout the course.
-James Brad Maroney
Zakaria,
Constructive criticism helps students improve and work toward the objectives. Your input on feedback can help others improve their feedback as well. Thanks!
A Good Feedback if the feedback includes "constructive criticism", and is valued and viewed as productive. Over my years of experience, I came a cross something that was published on the Internet about giving an effective feedback to students, and I have adopted those point views and found it to be working for me. While there were several thing to consider, for this discussion my top three would be:
(1) Feedback about the task (information about errors, something is correct or incorrect, and information about the depth and quality of the work.
(2) Feedback about the processing of the task (information about how the student approached the task and information about possible alternative strategies, e.g."it would enhance your paper if you did... instead of ....", ).
(3) Feedback about self-regulation (which does not affect the student's grade but the student may "accept and act on†feedback information—or not, e.g. “ as a student, unless it is a definition, I would not use direct quotation").
Zak Saleh
Stephanie,
Yes and you can build on the positive statement you make in one assignments to others later. It's good to help them understand how to improve. Thanks!
1. Provide positive statements
2. Provide areas for improvement
3. Watch tone in the feedback
Brion.,
I like that you note we should provide hope for the student. This is done through helping them improve. Thanks for your input.
Hello all,
When developing meaningful feedback, I think that it is critical to: 1)be positive, 2)clearly state what can be done for improvement, 3)provide hope for the student.
I believe that it is always important to provide positive feedback to a student- regardless of the type of feedback. For instance, in grading- I always begin by pointing out the strengths of the students work. Even if a student is questioning a grade in an e-mail- I will begin "I am glad that you brought your concerns to my attention"- letting the student know that I am open minded to his or her concern.
Once I have established a positive and professional tone- I think let the student know what can be done to improve his or her work. This feedback must be clear and the student will get discouraged if there is vagueness in the critique.
Finally, I believe that providing hope for a better day is critical to feedback. I always let students understand that by taking some steps to improve their work- I am confident that they can become a better student, etc.
Brion.
Jason,
Right on. Connect the feedback to the learning outcomes and help the students improve. Keep in mind that assessment is not something we do to our students, but with our students.
Onyema,
Yes, the feedback should help them improve. Think about the sandwich approach and have something positive to provide around the constructive feedback. Meaningful feedback helps them all improve.
My 3 things are:
1. link the feedback to what was the over all concept that the student was to learn
2. Be detailed and specific so that the student can see where THEY need improvement.
3. Be timely in the feedback. Old feedback becomes disconnected from the actual learning experience and has less impact to the process.
In developing feedback for assignments, I think the 3 most important things are:
(1) Feedback that provides a recommendation, suggestion or example on how the student can improve his/her work in the future
(2) Feedback that provides positive comments and encouragement to keep the student interested and excited about the course
(3) Feedback that is clear and unambiguous so that the student has a good understanding of his/her needed improvements
Onyema Anene
Angie,
you do definitely have to keep in mind that students are people and do deserve to be treated with respect. Make sure your feedback is positive, constructive and helps them learn. Thanks!
I think the three most important things are.
1) Remember a real person is reading and taking the feedback personally. Choose words carefully.
2) Give feedback based on the rubric
3)Remember to include positive remarks.
Angie
Earlene,
I am thrilled you are encouraged by this forum. Keep learning!
Thank you.
Joseph ,
Meaningful feedback is the key. Keep moving forward with your feedback.
Thanks!
As I begin my online teaching, I am encouraged by this forum as a tool to help me with feedback that I will recieve. I feel the rubric will be a terrific guide. Thanks!
When developing meaningful feedback for assignments / projects integrated into my own online course, I believe the three most important things to remember are to frame the feedback in a positive, constructive way, provide specific suggestions for a better solution, in the case of dialogue with the student demonstrate authentic listening.
Denise,
You are so right. The feedback we provide to students should help them improve and grow as they strive to reach the learning outcomes. Thanks for your input.
