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Provide opportunities to use feedback to improve student performance.

Murphy and Destin (2016) call for “wise feedback” and Dr. Thomas Angelo explains what exactly that means:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Offer specific and timely feedback—especially early in the term—so that students have the information and opportunity to make improvements. Having students rework an assignment— using your feedback to guide them— can be a valuable learning experience and provide the additional time and practice they need. This emphasizes the process of learning, promoting what Dweck (2006) calls a “growth mindset,” or the understanding that you learn more and become smarter through effort and practice.

BEST PRACTICES & STRATEGIES | FEEDBACK

Rubrics & Generic Feedback

Providing detailed written feedback to each student can be time consuming.  Consider the following tools and strategies that you can use to reduce the time it takes to give students valuable feedback.

 

 

 

                    

 

 

 

Rubrics allow you to provide criteria and a description of satisfactory, unsatisfactory, and average work upfront. During grading, your feedback and supplement the criteria.

 

Post generic feedback that applies to all or most students into an announcement instead of typing it multiple times into individual feedback.

 

Create a Word Document with your common feedback responses. You can then copy/paste them into Blackboard for each student. (While this is a great time saver, be careful about making your responses sound canned or generic. Copy/paste as a starting point and then add some specific details to customize the stock response to an individual).

FEEDBACK TIPS & STRATEGIES
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