
Description
Giving your students good feedback is key to helping them develop their learning in the classroom. But it can also be a double-edged sword; if done well, feedback is our best bet to improve learning, yet it often actually hinders learning.
In this interactive professional development workshop, dive into the latest research into effective feedback and how teachers can improve the feedback they give their students. Learn about the various types of feedback, the role of checking for understanding, how feedback can be used to promote self-reflection, and more.
Through practical activities and collaborative discussions, your teachers will gain actionable strategies on how to make feedback work for their students.
What you will learn
The importance of feedback
The power of feedback to improve learning
Checking for understanding—why this underpins high-quality feedback
Feedback vs Grades: what the research says about these similar but different constructs
Different types of feedback
When to use outcome, process, task and self-regulation feedback
The pros and cons of these different feedback types
The role of students in feedback
Helping students to ask for and process feedback better
3 ways to encourage self-feedback
Research into self-feedback and how it helps motivation, stress levels and overall learning