Best Practice

Effective teacher-student feedback practices

Without effective feedback, our students cannot improve and will not succeed. John Dabell offers 12 pieces of practical guidance for effective feedback practices

One of the cheesiest slogans from the world of business management comes from the American author Ken Blanchard, who said: “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.”

It is dripping in fromage, but this quote is true, it is Michelin-starred formative assessment that takes us out of our comfort zones and into new territory.

Where are we without feedback? We need to know how we are doing in order to improve. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day because without it we find it hard to keep going. Without feedback, we starve. Feedback gives us the energy to improve, adapt and evolve as better learners. It creates more choices and opportunities to grow and can double the rate of learning.

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