Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”

gadoe.org

What is effective

student feedback?

Division of School and District Effectiveness

Georgia Department of Education

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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The Research

“The most powerful single

moderator that enhances

achievement is feedback.”

Hattie, J. (1999, 2 Aug.). “Influences on Student Learning”,

Inaugural Lecture: Professor of Education, University of Auckland.

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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What is Exemplary Feedback?

Think back . . .

1. What was the most effective feedback system you have ever been in as a learner? What made it so?

2. Share examples at your table, then generalize: “The best feedback systems ...”

“Less Teaching, More Assessing: Learning via Feedback,”ASCD Conference on Teaching & Learning, S

an Francisco, October 2005. Used with permission of Grant Wiggins.

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Criteria for Excellent Feedback

• Timely

• User-friendly—in approach and amount

• Descriptive and specific in regard to performance

• Consistent

• Expert

• Accurate

• Honest, yet constructive

• Derived from concrete standards

• On-going

“Less Teaching, More Assessing: Learning via Feedback,”ASCD Conference on Teaching & Learning, S

an Francisco, October 2005. Used with permission of Grant Wiggins

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Effective Feedback

• Directs attention to specific learning targets

• Guides students to improvement

• Occurs as learning is taking (timely)

• Addresses partial understanding

• Limits the focus of feedback

to what students should act on

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Feedback on Commentary

1. I know you are capable of better work. NO

2. Your solution is correct. What supporting evidence can you include with your work? YES

3. Is your solution unique? If so, can it be generalized for all cases? If not, please demonstrate another solution. YES

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Feedback on Commentary

4. I really liked your work. NO

5. The process that you used demonstrated an

understanding of this basic construction. YES

6. You need to make your explanation longer. NO

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Feedback on Commentary

7. How could you make the process easier to understand? YES

8. Good job on this task. NO

9. Using matching colored pencils for congruent radii of congruent circles demonstrates your understanding of congruent triangles. YES

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Why should we

conference with

students?

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Reasons to conference

• Need more information about why a

student is having difficulty

• Need more information to plan

instruction

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Ideas to Include in Conferencing

• Begin with easy questions

• Have the student explain their thinking

• Encourage estimates or predictions

• Promote use of multiple

representations

• Pin-point Strengths, Weaknesses and

Next Steps

• Keep a record of conferences

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Conferencing Tips for Teachers• Listen!

• Be neutral.

• Avoid giving cues.

• Wait silently.

• Do not interrupt.

• Avoid questions that can be answered with “yes” or “no”.

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent

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Student ConferencesTeachers will collect student work that relates

to the task from the previous lesson.

Teachers will chart their ideas and questions to use in commentary:

• Teacher looks at student work and thinks about a focus area.

• Teacher asks students what they think they did well.

• Teacher shares what student did that was positive.

• Within the focus area teacher will ask probing/guiding questions

to determine misconceptions.

• Teacher provides written feedback (using LOTS) giving two

positive statements and one statement for next steps.

• Teacher provides guidance for student revision.

• Student revises work (with a peer, individually, or with the use

of other resources) while teacher conferences with another.

Teacher assesses student revisions.

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