Wednesday, October 5, 2011

How are your classes going? Feedback

Feedback based on picture :

a sleeping kid slaving on desk - tired, you are boring, etc.

a group looking & laughing - engaged, focused

a girl looking lost or uninterested - walk in close proximity, in the students line of vision

a class picture of students - some appears to be really engaged and others do not

Students give teachers feedback by their mannerism in class, their attention or lack of attention.  How can teachers use this information to improve feedback or re-structure what is taking place during the lesson.

Brainstorming Academic Feedback
  • dry erase boards 
  • written quizzes & exams
  • oral feedback
  • Check for understanding/active participation
  • Explanation of most missed questions
  • Where answers could be found to correct a wrong answer
  • Actively monitoring w/individual feedback
  • Smiling & thumbs up at individual students
  • Commenting on students blog or use of Moodle
  • Provide analysis score of exams - ours versus the other teacher!!!!
  • Pair-Share to justify answers
# 7 is one that I think that I will try using the Blog
  • Assign students the task of summarizing the previous day's class content in one page or less.  Then, have them write three quiz questions and hest a neighbor's knowledge. (Excellent way to get students to provide information to each other)





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