Chapter 10 Review: Providing Feedback

Chapter 10:  Providing Feedback

Purpose = to describe and analyze various types and uses of feedback

feedback:

1.  Encourages kids to continue practicing
2.  Means teacher is moving around
3.  Helps kids assess own performance
4.  Lets teacher assess to determine how quickly and correctly kids are learning skill

Good feedback is specific, congruent, simple, and positive or neutral.

General feedback promotes positive atmosphere.

Specific feedback provides improvement technique.

Congruent feedback corresponds to idea just presented.

Simple feedback focuses on one component at a time.

Positive or neutral feedback is best.  Negative rarely good unless tempered.

Best to provide feedback equally to everyone.

 

Effective praise is delivered continually; is specific; is spontaneous, varied, and credible; rewards attainment of specific performance; provides information about their competence; orients student to appreciate own performance; relates student’s previous performance to current; recognizes noteworthy effort; attributes success to effort and ability.

 

Reflection:  When is general feedback okay?  Can too much feedback be detrimental?