tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048236678261615697.post4982613116944622054..comments2023-08-01T07:46:34.281-07:00Comments on Educating in the 21st Century: Why don't students read my comments?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329754143774919281noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048236678261615697.post-78578328905623569482012-04-20T10:22:30.279-07:002012-04-20T10:22:30.279-07:00When I first go through an assignment, I offer a l...When I first go through an assignment, I offer a lot of feedback. The students then have to provide me with a multi-paragraph (1-2 sentence paragraphs) paper on how they will take my feedback into account for the revision they will then write. They then write their revision of the assignment. They must hand in all three documents: their first draft, their comment on how they will revise their first draft, and their revised draft. The revised draft then receives the mark. This process allows for formative assessment but makes the students accountable for using that to actually improve their product. I have found this approach has helped students improve faster and to a greater extent than just offering formative assessment and then allowing them a re-write.Christian Klauehttp://christianprof.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048236678261615697.post-62103989170663815452012-04-20T08:56:42.223-07:002012-04-20T08:56:42.223-07:00Here's my favourite article about feedback fro...Here's my favourite article about feedback from Black & Wiliam called "Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment" - https://www.measuredprogress.org/documents/10157/15653/InsideBlackBox.pdfJarrod Bell @jbellsd60http://www.prn.bc.ca/tsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048236678261615697.post-76495800012765454712012-04-20T08:15:04.500-07:002012-04-20T08:15:04.500-07:00Well said, Aaron. The fact of the matter is that s...Well said, Aaron. The fact of the matter is that students are left in the dark about their learning and their part in it if we fail to give timely, positive, and descriptive feedback before they are evaluated. Another key point in your piece, as it related to your driving test, and any other "real-world" learning situation, is that the process of evaluation was explicitly such. There should be no surprise about when, how, and on what evaluation will occur when it does. "Practice without penalty" would be a great mantra for teachers to live by, and to imbue in their students.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16525959827281040747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048236678261615697.post-72927621660835582462012-04-20T08:07:30.747-07:002012-04-20T08:07:30.747-07:00I love the analogy of learning to drive - it reall...I love the analogy of learning to drive - it really helps to describe the power of feedback. I also wonder how much more powerful verbal feedback is than written. Perhaps the time taken to conference with a student sends a message of importance as well as allowing the student to seek clarification.Nickhttp://mrnickmartin.weebly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048236678261615697.post-30126293759672491902012-04-20T07:45:33.350-07:002012-04-20T07:45:33.350-07:00Well said buddy... As Dylan Wiliam tells us.... If...Well said buddy... As Dylan Wiliam tells us.... If you are going to spend all the time writing descriptive feedback, don't put a grade on it... Because they won't read it. Keep feedback for learning and use grades when we have to,Chris Wejrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12780371633522986214noreply@blogger.com