A Webinar on Effective Feedback

Practicing effective comments can increase student progress by up to an additional eight months throughout the year. However, implementing comments effectively requires schools to invest a lot of time in research and and external professional learning. To save schools this time and effort, they have developed a set of commenting resources for schools. These resources provide practical support in applying effective class feedback practice to enhance student learning outcomes.

In this webinar, participants will learn how to use the comment resources in their school. What exactly are the most effective ways to use feedback in educational environments?

The presenters discussed several ways to provide students with effective feedback.

⏬Be as specific as possible: For example, feedback like “Great job!” does not tell the learner what he did correctly, and likewise a statement like "not done yet" does not give her any insight into what she said and did wrong, and how she could do better next time.

⏬The sooner the better: many studies indicate that feedback is most effective when presented immediately, rather than few days, weeks, or months. Researchers found that participants who received immediate feedback, showed a significantly greater increase in performance than those who received late reactions.

⏬Address the learner's advancement toward a goal: effective comments are often directed at a specific achievement students are (or should be) achieving. When giving feedback, it should be clear to students how the information they receive will help them progress toward their ultimate goal. 

⏬Present feedback carefully: The way feedback is presented, can have an impact on how they are received, which means that sometimes even goodwill feedback and comments can come in the right way and reduce the learner's motivation.  

⏬Involve learners in the process: the importance of engaging learners in performance-based data collection and analysis cannot be underestimated. Pennebaker says,"Students should be given access to information about their performance.... On a broader level, students need to know whether they actually master the material or not. It could be giving them information about the ways they study, read, search for, or he answers invaluable questions." 

🌟The role of the feedback has always been very essential: "When people try to learn new skills, they must get some information that tells them whether they are doing right or no. Classroom learning has no exception. Both, mastering the concept, and most importantly mastering how to think requires learning through trial and error.