Feedback

On Feedback 

  Feedback is of two types: ego involving (focusing on the person's position in the class), and task involving. Teachers should provide tasks involving feedback instead of ego feedback. Good feedback causes thinking When a student faces a task he makes a choice: to protect him/herself or to engage and grow. If a student protects himself we have to give him feedback that he/she should try the language.  We must always make learning within a class a win-win situation. Every student needs to understand that their progress is as important as the progress of the next student.

If a teacher wants to make a huge impact when giving feedback, a teacher should refrain from giving ego feedback which will only make the students feel good or more elite than the other students.  Instead, teachers are supposed to give task feedback to help the students learn and be better at their task. 

Not giving feedback is better than giving ego feedback.

Remember: 

• Feedback can be interpreted as either based on an activity or on one’s sense of self-worth.
•    Feedback is an important factor in progress.
•   Grade comparisons can effect confidence.

 

Feedback also involves:

• Purpose and Forms of Assessment
•  Measuring student’s learning and progress.
• Improving teaching strategies.
• Improving the quality of teaching programs. 
• Raising students' achievement. 
•  Reporting on students' progress.
•  Encouraging intrinsic student motivation with feedback. 
• Raising students' awareness of their progress.