Using Feedback in the Classroom Quiz

What type of feedback is most useful: specific or general?

• General

• Specific

• vague

• Gossip

Read the information below and decide which option (A-D) is most correct.

"Dan, a Cadet leader, is a very strong Republican. In providing feedback on some papers submitted by fellow students, he made a strong effort to remain constructive when responding to papers that presented a liberal point of view."

• Replace "constructive" with "objective"

• Replace "constructive" with "flexible"

• Replace "constructive" with "comprehensive"

• Replace "constructive" with "effective"

A relationship, particularly one of trust, that must be established between a speaker and a listener or a group of listeners, is called _____________.

• the halo effect

• linkage

• rapport

• respect

Read the following statement and select the best option (A-D).

"Effective feedback focuses primarily on the learner's weaknesses and areas that need improvement."

• True: Feedback is more effective when it deals primarily with weaknesses because learners are already aware of their strengths.

• False: Feedback is more effective when it deals primarily with strengths because it encourages learners to continue to do the things that they are doing right.

• True: Feedback that focuses primarily on the learner's weaknesses is more honest and believable than feedback that focuses on the learner's strengths.

• False: Effective feedback addresses both learner strengths and weaknesses and includes suggestions for improvement, so that learners know what they did right as well as what they need to improve.

Choose the word that best matches the definition below.

"To make understandable"

• modify

• objectivity

• rapport

• clarifying

What are the two main purposes of providing feedback?

• To provide information or to provide motivation

• To correct deficiencies and provide information

• To provide information and to provide leadership

• To provide leadership and followership opportunities

You submitted a major project in one of your JROTC courses. When you received your grade, your instructor gave you a "C+" and added the comment: "You did an acceptable job on this project." Which of the following options (A-D) describes a guideline for feedback that would have made this feedback more useful to you?

• Cover the major strengths and weaknesses. Try to be specific, giving examples if possible.

• If part of the feedback is written, it should be consistent with the oral feedback.

• Avoid trying to discuss everything. A few well-made points may be more beneficial than numerous, but inadequately developed points.

• Do not criticize something that cannot be corrected.

Read the following sentence and select the best option (A-D) for completing the statement.

"Feedback that is provided at the end of the learning process, such as comments

accompanying a final grade, is not as helpful as feedback provided during the learning process."

• True: Feedback that is provided at the end of the learning process is usually more biased than feedback provided during the learning process.

• False: Feedback provided at the end of the learning process is more helpful because it is official, and includes a final grade.

• True: Feedback that is provided at the end of the learning process does not allow the student to take corrective action to improve their performance.

• False: Feedback provided at the end of the learning process is usually more comprehensive than feedback provided during the learning process.

The best type of feedback is ____________.

• given to someone face-to-face

• meant to help someone improve

• written feedback; then you are sure the correct feedback is provided

• All of the above

Choose the word that best matches the definition below.

"Technical terminology or language created for a particular profession, such as computer science, that may seem strange or outlandish to outsiders who do not understand it"

• reinforce

• jargon

• criteria

• acceptable