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Monday, 15 September 2014

Day 14 - Feedback to Feedforward

Thinking back to teacher training we were taught the CRC method (comment recommend comment), encouraged to do a lot of written comments, and some verbal.

Almost 8 years down the track, experimented with lots of different ways, and many PLD sessions later.  I have discovered a few things about feedback, it has to be:
  • timely - given in the moment but also enough time for them to act on it
  • focused - linked to what they're learning/doing to give it meaning, to push them to do more either to extend further or to rise to meet the expectation
I have spent much time sitting and writing comments in children's books for it to be not read or acted upon.  I have found the following strategies to work for me:
  • verbal - having 1:1 conversation with the child, I can gain better understanding of what they are doing, if there are gaps or a need to push.  With that they also need time to be able to act upon it, usually they are back before I know it for further discussion.
    NOTE: to indicate that I have had a conversation with the child or sited their work, I sign and date it for a record for me and the child.  I either make anecdotal notes and/or remember what we talked about.  Usually sessions follow each other so this is not hard to do.
  • Google Comments - when the children submit a piece to me I am able to highlight a section and leave a comment, they are able to reply to it and we can have an open dialogue about their learning
  • Comments section using Google
  • question - when addressing the learning I ask them questions, getting them to think further about what they're doing or why they did what they did
 Feedback has to be meaningful, or I believe it's not worth giving it.

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