How to Give Effective Feedback to Your Students - Softcover

Brookhart, Susan M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416607366 ISBN 13: 9781416607366

Publisher: Assn for Supervision & Curriculum, 2008

Synopsis

Presents advice on providing the type of positive feedback to students which can motivate them to learn more effectively, including information about counseling special students and those learning English as a second language.

About this title

Book Description:

"Giving students good feedback on all their schoolwork is one of the toughest challenges every teacher faces. But here at last is a guide that helps you always know how to give the right feedback for all kinds of assignments, in every grade level and subject area. Susan M. Brookhart covers every possible aspect of the topic. Throughout the guide, examples of good feedback help you choose the right feedback strategy and help you tailor your feedback to different kinds of learners, including successful students, struggling students, and English language learners. Plus, there are tips for how to help students use your feedback. "

From the Inside Flap:

Properly crafted and individually tailored feedback on student work boosts student achievement across subjects and grades. In this updated and expanded second edition of her best-selling book, Susan M. Brookhart offers enhanced guidance and three lenses for considering the effectiveness of feedback: (1) does it conform to the research, (2) does it offer an episode of learning for the student and teacher, and (3) does the student use the feedback to extend learning?

In this comprehensive guide for teachers at all levels, you will find information on every aspect of feedback, including

• Strategies to uplift and encourage students to persevere in their work.
• How to formulate and deliver feedback that both assesses learning and extends instruction.
• When and how to use oral, written, and visual as well as individual, group, or whole-class feedback.
• A concise and updated overview of the research findings on feedback and how they apply to today's classrooms.

In addition, the book is replete with examples of good and bad feedback as well as rubrics that you can use to construct feedback tailored to different learners, including successful students, struggling students, and English language learners.

The vast majority of students will respond positively to feedback that shows you care about them and their learning. Whether you teach young students or teens, this book is an invaluable resource for guaranteeing that the feedback you give students is engaging, informative, and, above all, effective.

About this edition

• Publisher: Assn for Supervision & Curriculum
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1416607366
• ISBN 13: 9781416607366
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 121