This time I have changed the way I write feedback to students. Typically, students highly value the feedback notes that they receive with their grades. After checking student course feedback forms, I realized that some top performing students needed and expected extensive feedback.
It seemed that they were not happy with being told that they had accomplished all expectations for a certain assignment with flying colours, and that they needed something more.
So I decided to search for successful models for writing feedback, and after some research began including the following sections in each feedback post:
- An “overall” section, which includes the most important points successfully accomplished by the students, including valuable quotes from his / her work.
- A “things to improve” section, with points that the student did not comply according to expectations, and that she or he must improve.
- A “Suggestions for further advancing your work in future assignments” section, with goals that the student must achieve in the future in order to enhance his / her performance.
I am eager to see whether this format brings more student satisfaction!
