TOOLKIT
Actionable Feedback
Actionable Feedback Checklist
Use this checklist as a guideline for giving students feedback on their work in progress or their learning goals.
- Resource: Actionable Feedback Checklist
- Resource: 6 Tips for Engaging Families in the Feedback Process
Ways to Give Feedback
In the Moment Feedback
Ensure that your feedback is actionable by providing it to students as they work on an assignment. Check out the resource below to gain strategies for scaffolding your feedback to meet student needs.
- Learn More: Using Rubrics as a Metacognitive Strategy [Edutopia]
- K-12 Resource: Give W.I.S.E.R. in-the-Moment Feedback
Written Comments
Make your written comments accessible for students by using a visual feedback strategy like “stairs and stars” or by recording your comments as audio notes using an extension like Mote. Once you record your comments, students will have the option to either play them as audio, or to read the transcribed text.
When you leave written comments on student work, task students with replying to the comments by asking clarifying questions, explaining their next steps, or revising their work.
- 2-8 Resource: Stars and Stairs
- 3-12 Resource: Problem Revision Template
- 3-12 Tool: Embed Audio Comments in Google Docs with Mote [Chrome Extension]
Feedback Conferences
Feedback conferences are a great way to strengthen your relationship with students while giving them a clear picture of their progress towards learning goals and collaborating with them to plan out their next steps.
Make students an active part of the conversation by having them look at the criteria and their work, and asking questions like “what do you think you did well on? What parts of this were challenging for you?” It’s also important to engage them in the discussion about next steps to ensure they have the motivation and the information they need to move forward.
Rubrics for Writing, Presentations, and Other Projects
Level up your rubrics by focusing on the success criteria for the assignment and cutting out language that describes work that doesn’t meet expectations. You can also make your rubric interactive by embedding links to tutorials and exemplars that students can refer to as they’re working. Another way to level up your rubric is to leave a row blank for students to identify something that they would like your feedback on. Deciding what they want to work on can be a great use of conference time.
- Learn More: Single Point Rubric [Cult of Pedagogy]
- 3-12 Resource: Simple Rubric Template