Feedback is one of the most essential components in teaching effectively. Feedback lets a student know whether he/she is doing good or not. Feedback can be very useful in your class, but it also can be very harmful. If you do not properly give negative feedback the student might feel discouraged, and refrain from ever trying to do the task at hand. If you do not give proper positive feedback the student might feel as though your words are meaningless (student would not even take feedback into consideration).
For example, Pedro is a good runner but needs help loosening his hands. A poor example of feedback in this case will be “Pedro!!! Can you ever get something right, your hands are too tight! Loosen them up!!” Yelling at a student will ineffectively tell your student what he is doing wrong; thus this type of feedback is negative. A proper example of feedback in this case is “Wow Pedro you are fast, now try to keep your hands a little looser. Let’s pretend we are holding an egg in our hand and we do not want to crush it, O.K Pedro let’s do it.” Pointing out the positive than bringing out the negative always gets through the student more than if you simply reprimand him/her. When I finished correcting Pedro, I told him “O.K Pedro let’s do it.” This shows that the student and I are in this together, which will get the student more motivated to perform the task at hand.
During my lesson I did not give feedback at all, but after learning about feedback I realized the importance of it and would not plan a lesson without it.
For example, Pedro is a good runner but needs help loosening his hands. A poor example of feedback in this case will be “Pedro!!! Can you ever get something right, your hands are too tight! Loosen them up!!” Yelling at a student will ineffectively tell your student what he is doing wrong; thus this type of feedback is negative. A proper example of feedback in this case is “Wow Pedro you are fast, now try to keep your hands a little looser. Let’s pretend we are holding an egg in our hand and we do not want to crush it, O.K Pedro let’s do it.” Pointing out the positive than bringing out the negative always gets through the student more than if you simply reprimand him/her. When I finished correcting Pedro, I told him “O.K Pedro let’s do it.” This shows that the student and I are in this together, which will get the student more motivated to perform the task at hand.
During my lesson I did not give feedback at all, but after learning about feedback I realized the importance of it and would not plan a lesson without it.
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