Give effective, descriptive feedback

By Matthew Benyohai2019-07-24T10:11:00

A graphic image showing a female teacher providing feedback to three students; speech bubbles representing comments can be seen hovering above her, and they are forming the letter A+

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… without a massive time investment

Feedback is often given to students in the form of marks or grades. This is a relatively quick process for teachers and sums up students’ attainment. However, it doesn’t help the student improve their work and marks can demotivate lower attainers and cause high attainers to become complacment. Providing comments solves these problems, and doesn’t have to take a lot of time, says Matthew Benyohai.

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