Articles On Feedback Strategies

In this week's feedback blog, I read two articles on how to give feedback. The first one was called "How To Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn". To me it's very hard to find the right words when giving someone feedback on their assignment. I don't want to be too harsh with my words, but then I don't want to be too nice and compliment them too much. In this article they discussed that being transparent in your feedback is crucial because it doesn't leave any questions about what you want from them. It's clear what needs to be changed and how they can do it from being transparent instead of having to guess what the critique wants from them. Also I like how they suggest that feedback should be goal-oriented with a guide to get to this goal. This way you're not left wondering where to start or how to get there. Also time is key. When the assignment is fresh in your head, which in the case of our projects it should be, then the feedback will be more useful. The projects we will be working on every week will be a consistent remainder.

The second article I read was called "How To Craft Constructive Feedback". This article was much shorter than the first one I read. This article included a diagram. An easy flowchart on what to say and how to give your feedback depending on the purpose (is it for self-expression or to craft a performance?). The first one doesn't really apply to our project since it's more to craft a performance with our storybook. It's good to observe, describe, and suggest in our feedback. Say what stands out to you, describe how it makes you feel, and then suggest (in detail) what could make this little bit better. You never want to be vague or else it'll leave the writer in confusion.

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