Creating an Effective Feedback Culture

Hattie and Timperley: ‘Feedback is conceptualised as information provided by an agent (e.g. teacher, peer, book, parent, self, experience) regarding aspects of one’s performance or understanding'.

The importance of feedback

The art of giving feedback to pupils is as an important element of the teaching and learning cycle that enables teachers to support pupils in closing the knowledge gap, the discrepancy between what pupils currently know and what pupils need to know.

Effective feedback culture

Principles for creating an effective feedback culture:
- Timely – in relation to the delivery by teachers and the space for pupils to respond.
- Receptive culture – where pupils embrace the process of feedback.
- Granular – a concrete and specific target that can be actioned by pupils.
- Supports self-regulation – creates conditions for pupils to have clarity in the advice given by teachers and act on it.
- Fluid process – flowing between teacher-to-teacher, pupil-to-pupil.

1‘C’ - How Can Knowledge be Effectively Condensed?

1.1'C' - Condense

1.1.1The Basics of Condensing Knowledge

1.2Strategies for Condensing

1.2.1Condensing the PowerPoint

1.2.2The Four Cogs to Expert Explanations

1.2.3Cornell Notes

2'R' - How do we Generate Reflective Learners?

2.1Research on Memory

2.1.1Semantic & Episodic Memory

2.1.2The Importance of Spacing Learning

2.2Timings for Reviewing Previously Learnt Material

2.2.1How Long and How Often to Review Material

2.3Strategies for Generating Reflective Learners

2.3.1BUG Twist

2.3.2Low-Stake Spaced Quizzing

3‘A’ - Using Assessment as a Responsive Tool

3.1Formative & Summative Assessments

3.1.1The Problem of Assessing 'On' or 'Off' Track

3.1.2Summative vs Formative Evaluation

3.2Determining Whether Learning has Taken Place

3.2.1Proxies for Learning

3.3Strategies for Assessing Student Learning

3.3.1Hinge Questions

3.3.2Exit Tickets

4'F' & 'T' - Precise Feedback to Feedforward

4.1Giving Effective Feedback

4.1.1Creating an Effective Feedback Culture

4.1.2Effectiveness of Feedback

4.2Grades

4.2.1Research on Giving Grades as Feedback

4.3Strategies for Providing Feedback

4.3.1The Language of Feedback

4.3.2'In the Moment' Feedback

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