In Chapter 8 of the Marzano book, it talked about how important providing feedback to students is. I usually give a lot of verbal feedback, but I'm not so good at giving written feedback on assignments. I thought that was something I could definitely do better.
I also liked the idea of having students provide some of their own feedback. I do this in a reading group that I teach. The kids like to watch the progress they make.
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Brittney,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree with you more, students should be encouraged to be a part of the feedback process. I once attended a workshop on teaching writing and they advocated using the students' peers to be a primary part of the feedback students get during the writer's workshop portion of class. We spent more than one full day of the workshop talking about how to train students to give feedback. (What to look for, how to present their ideas, etc.)It was impressive to see how much growth students made in writing over the course of the year using peer feedback.
I write on my student's work often. I like to watch them get it back and watch their faces as they read the comments. Some, of course, don't care much, but many like to have comments on their papers. If it was written neatly, I draw a money sign on their paper. They can come show it to me and get some class money.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that providing "good" feedback is something that I can work on. I often provide feedback on tests and when I teacher edit their writing, or on major projects, but I find it very time consuming to write comments on everything students hand in. What are some things that you do to provide constructive feedback to your setudents, but not spend your personal time doing so?
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