Feedback protocols and tips

Which of the following options gets closer to what formative feedback can be?

• Put an x or underline what the student solved wrongly and give a score to the production.

• Points out the error, correct it and give a score to the production.

• Write comments, ask questions about the student's production and generate a

  dialogue with him/her.

• Identify the errors and inform the student where they made a mistake

The focus of the protocols and tips reviewed is to promote ....... with students

• guidance

• dialogue

• learning

• correction

This question aims at clarifying the process of learning through observation and assessment. It focuses on where the learner is at the moment.

• Where am I going?

• How am I going? / How am I getting there?

• Where next? How to get there?

This question aims at clarifying how to close the learning gap after the lesson, including reflection and critical judgment.

• Where am I going?

• How am I going? / How am I getting there?

• Where next? How to get there?

This question aims at clarifying the goals to accomplish, considers planning, and an aim setting along with the student.

• Where am I going?

• How am I going? / How am I getting there?

• Where next? How to get there?

In the Feedback Sandwich, it involves a restatement of the students’ good work and their confidence in his/her future performance, also including an Interactive statement (e.g. question about work)

• Base Bread

• Filling

• Top Bread

In the Feedback Sandwich, it involves an opening remark telling the student what was done correctly. It is a contextual statement that can begin as follows: I liked your description of ….

• Base Bread

• Filling

• Top Bread

In the Feedback Sandwich, the filling:

• Involves areas of improvement

• Mentions poorly achieved aspects that the student needs to correct

• Considers extra elements that were done correctly.

In the ladder of feedback, the first step focuses on...

• Emphasize strengths, positive aspects

• Tackling ideas that are not clear enough

• Ask clarifying questions to be sure the idea is understood

• Include questions with a focus on critics

Answer explanation

Ask clarifying questions to be sure you understand the idea or performance and/or state the assumptions you have made.

The feedback at this stage should mean this: I wasn’t sure if you meant "X," but that’s what I assumed, so now you can understand where my feedback is coming from.

In the ladder of feedback, the second step (VALUE)...

• Emphasizing strengths and positive aspects.

• Helping students identify strengths in their work that they might not have recognized.

• Build the student's trust.

• Mentioning negative aspects and areas to be improved.

Answer explanation

Expressing your appreciation for learners and their ideas and/or performance is crucial to the process of constructive feedback.