Two-Way Feedback

In this asynchronous learning experience you'll:

1. Take a pre-test on what you know about two-way feedback (don't worry, no grade!)
2. Learn about two-way feedback and how it can impact your learners' experience (and yours!) Complete assignment.
3. Do it...Try it! Try it again! Ask for feedback! Let me know if you need some support!
4. Prove it...take a post test on two-way feedback and your experience with using this best practice.
5. Share it...Share out on Twitter your successes, trials, and reflections on two-way feedback! Email me about your experience if you don't have twitter.
6. Be sure to register in Strive to receive PL credit.

Feedback has been an essential tool in education with an effect size of 0.79 when it is specific, timely, and notates what was done correctly, incorrectly, and next steps (Hattie & Clarke, 2019). Effective feedback provided by the teacher has risen self-efficacy levels, motivation, and achievement levels. However, through two-way feedback being provided from the student to the teacher, not only does student self-efficacy (0.92) levels rise even more as well as achievement levels, but the teacher then responds to feedback given from the student and becomes a learner alongside the student.

Several things happen at this point as it can be a pivotal moment. As the teacher becomes a learner beside the student, they model risk taking, respond to reflection, and become more solution oriented. The student then becomes a valuable asset to the teacher’s learning experience, as well as their own as they are actively participating as a co-designer in their learning experience. When a student is a co-designer of their learning, the lifelong learning skills are transferred to their life, as there is an increase in student self-efficacy, motivation, and achievement levels.

When feedback is effective, it can drive student achievement forward, however it does not guarantee that a student will transfer the knowledge or lifelong learning skills to their life, nor does it necessarily drive better instruction by the teacher to improve and evolve their craft to elicit more effective learning within students of this generation. Collecting feedback from students could enhance not only a learning experience, but improve the educational experience all together, including an increase in student self-efficacy, motivation, and achievement levels.

Hattie, J., & Clarke, S. (2019). Visible learning: feedback. Routledge.

Assignment:

1. Read ASCD article "Feedback is a Two-Way Street." Link below.
2. Create the Frayer Model for the term "Two-Way Feedback" Use article to help complete.
3. Share Frayer model with me once complete.

A couple of reminders when participating in two-way feedback:

• Ask questions that are relevant to your students.
• Ask for feedback on the learning experience; open response.
• RESPOND AND ACT upon the feedback. Reflect and implement changes in upcoming lessons.
• Plan time (and ensure it happens) within your lesson.

Suggested questions could be:

• What was your favorite part of today? Why?
• What was your least favorite part? Why? How could I make it more interesting for you?
• What part of the lesson do you remember best? Why was it easier to learn or remember?
• Which part of the lesson did you struggle to understand? What can I do to help you?
• If you were going to teach this lesson to someone else, how would you do it?
• Would you feel comfortable taking a quiz over the material you just learned? Why or why not? What can I do to help you?
• Today I liked:
• Today I struggled with:
• Tomorrow I'm going to try:
• Will you help me with:
• My favorite materials to use in math are ____ because ____.

Feel free to come up with your own, just make sure the answers will inform you on how to improve your teaching/their learning experience. You don't want to know if it was cold or the chairs were uncomfortable...

K-12 Coordinator for Math

Email: jmadeley@littleelmisd.net
Website: www.littleelmisd.net/math
Location: 300 Lobo Lane, Little Elm, TX, USA
Phone: (972) 947-9340
Twitter: @JanelMadeley