Feedback Strategies

Feedback Strategies

The two articles that I chose was 'be a mirror and 'the difference between praise and and feedback' 

The first article I read was 'be a mirror' and I really enjoyed this because I felt that it changed my perspective a bit on feedback and constructive criticism.

It speaks about how some people or students progress more rapidly than others because of their mindset. Which is very true as when they develop a growth mindset about their ability with reading etc they believe their hard work and struggle paid off. But when people develop a fixed mindset about their ability they believe their reading and skill level are static and not much can change that. Which is obviously not the case because practice makes perfect, all you can try to do is your best, work on projects that you find hard and try to get the hang of it and improve. 

The second article that I read was 'the difference between praise and feedback' 

There is a difference between praising someone or giving them feedback, for example, if someone does a good painting, saying 'you must have worked really hard on that painting' is better than 'your really good at painting' because your not praising them on what they have done, but the hard work that they have put into it.

In order to provide helpful and detailed feedback and appreciation requires paying attention to children and to what they are doing. It is good to be open to different ways of learning and teaching.