Feedback for Learning:Seven Keys to Effective Feedback. Five Powerful Feedback Principles That Improve Student Learning - Philadelphia, PA. The September, 2012 issue of Educational Leadership had some excellent articles about feedback for learning (the theme of the issue).
One article that struck a special chord with me is a short two-page essay by Carol Ann Tomlinson (the same Carol Ann Tomlinson who is the differentiation guru!) [i]. Because of its location (towards the back of the issue) and size, you might have missed it! 7 Steps To Effective Feedback. Cc licensed image shared by flikr user HikingArtist.com Last week, our educoach chat (a twitter chat dedicated to instructional coaching and professional learning) focused on the topic of giving feedback. We shared our own experiences giving and receiving feedback and reacted to articles from the most recent issue of Educational Leadership (September, 2012, Vol. 70, No.1).
Feedback is a topic we delved into in depth this summer as part of our book discussion chat on John Hattie’s . Synthesizing more than 900 educational meta-analyses, researcher John Hattie has found that effective feedback is among the most powerful influences on how people learn. (John Hattie, , Educational Leadership September 2012, Vol. 70, No. 1)