Directness
Name two advantages of direct feedback
More easily understood
More likely to be incorporated
More likely to be interpreted as corrective feedback
Does not lead to as much learning
Perceived as harsh
Faster to give
True or False? Giving no feedback is always unhelpful.
False, sometimes giving no feedback is OKAY! It can encourage independent thinking.
True or False? It is best to stick to giving positive feedback to developing writers so they don't get discouraged.
False, there should be proportionally more positive than negative feedback, but negative feedback is still important.
Errors that interfere with understanding and should be corrected
Global errors
Peers
This type of feedback can sometimes lead to incorrect changes
Indirect feedback
Your friend asks for feedback on a paper due that day. How much feedback should you give him/her?
More focused feedback, not an overwhelming amount
What helps make negative feedback easier for people to accept?
When it is accompanied by positive feedback.
minor mistakes in a sentence that don't interfere with understanding
Local errors
Advanced learners benefit more from this type of feedback.
What is indirect feedback? What is negative feedback?
This type of feedback does not lead to as much learning
Direct feedback
How many instances of feedback can people usually process before it becomes overwhelming?
3
The type of feedback that helps more with writer development
What is negative feedback?
A novice ESL student's errors with finite/indefinite determiners should be corrected right away
False
When working with beginner ESL writers, teachers might provide this type of feedback.
What is direct feedback? What is positive feedback?
A teacher corrects every grammar error in a first draft written by beginner ESL students and fails to tell them what they did well.
Which three feedback principles are being ignored?
Amount, Level of Knowledge, and Positive feedback