Power of Feedback
NEW Audio Podcast summarizing this article, click on the picture!
I was thrilled to hear from a faculty, who suggested the following article for this week, "Why Giving Effective Feedback Is Trickier Than It Seems." I will also share a supportive article by Hattie (2007), which happens to the the author of last week’s paper. In these articles, the authors suggest that effective feedback should answer three major questions:
Where am I going? (What are the goals?);
How am I going? (What progress is being made toward the goal?);
Where to next? (What activities need to be undertaken to make better progress?).
In addition, feedback works best by reducing the discrepancy between current and desired understanding.
Four Major Feedback Levels
About a task or product, such as whether work is correct or incorrect.
Aimed at the process used to create a product or complete a task.
Focused at self-regulation, including skills in self-evaluation to engage further.
Directed to the “self,” which is often unrelated to performance on the task.
