Teachers must offer students immediate feedback for a greater chance of significant impact to increase student performance. Waiting isn’t optimal, so providing feedback to students immediately will result in more substantial improvement. Teachers can offer input to a small group of students who need similar feedback, but if some students need one-to-one feedback, then a verbal or written type of feedback may be necessary
If time constraints are an issue, include a small and short rubric with the assignment to offer quick and immediate feedback. Teachers can provide feedback during student conferences or small group guided instruction where a teacher can engage in a feedback session. However, instructional feedback can be given before or after school if necessary and lengthy.
When providing feedback, teachers must communicate to students that the information they receive will support their academic goals. Teachers must explain that feedback occurs throughout the learning process and is helpful and non-threatening.
Feedback helps students to reflect and improve academically. It varies in its forms, but overall, it is instructional. However, when more support is needed, feedback is accompanied by resources or additional modeling and extra practice. At any rate, feedback needs to be construed as a positive, and teacher presentation can make all the difference in how students accept it.
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