Effective Feedback
Types of Feedback
Factors in Using Feedback
Effective Praise
100

this is fake 

Not effective feedback

100

Feedback that provides information about your progress toward achieving a specific target.

a)goal-referenced

b)standards-referenced

c)self-referenced

Goal-referenced

100

Immediate feedback is more effective than____ feedback.

Delayed

100

T/F All teachers naturally use praise ubiquitously in the classroom as their first type of feedback. 



False: Most teachers use praise ubiquitously in the classroom. All teachers are not the same, as some teachers may use a different type of feedback naturally.



200

Effective Feedback only includes oral questions such as, “Good job!”, “That’s Right!”, “Almost” and “So Close”. 



False, These statements are more evaluative judgments rather than feedback. They provide limited usefulness for students unless they are so on track, all they need is confirmation they are correct.  (pg122)

200

Informs students of the correctness of their answers

a)verification

b)elaboration

c)error flagging

What is verification?

200

There are 3 models of delivering feedback to include oral,_______, & demonstration.

Written

200

What is this an example of? “This is an excellent job of paraphrasing the story. It is well organized, and you have captured each of the major elements of the story.” 



Praise

300

T/F Effective Feedback should be geared toward the overall person rather than the person’s work. 



False: Make sure feedback is descriptive about the person’s work, not about the person more generally

300

Includes explanation about why an answer was correct or incorrect; may allow for additional time to relearn

a)verification

b)elaboration

c)error flagging

Elaboration

300

True or False, Most feedback is presented to large groups.

False, Individualized

300

T/F Praise should only be given when the student has mastered the area of assessment.



False, praise should be given to students who have made any progress in the area of assessment. 

Example: Students learning a step by step math problem should be praised or corrected when each step is completed. 



400

 Feedback must be ___________

  1. Acted on 

  2. Forgotten after the lesson

  3. Biased toward struggling students

  4. Recorded and Documented

1. Acted On

400

Feedback that compares student work or expectations with previous performance

a)goal-referenced

b)standards-referenced

c)self-referenced

Self-referenced

400

Feedback typically focuses on either what was done or ____ it was done.

how

400

T/F Praise is most effective when it is delivered as a spontaneous but accurate message, giving your genuine reaction to student performance, and when it includes a specific description.

True

500

Is effective feedback…. 

  1. Sugarcoated and positive- you don’t want to hurt their feelings

  2. Honest and Accurate

  3. Focused on opinion, rather than evidence.

2. Honest and Accurate



500

An approach to instruction in which the teacher provides support to enhance learning by breaking a task down into smaller parts and interacting with students to help them learn each part sequentially to reach a learning target

What is scaffolding?

500

Higher learning students tend to benefit from (instant or delayed) feedback especially for complex learning tasks.

Delayed

500

Which is NOT an example of effective praise?

  1. “I notice you have learned to move sentences around in your writing journal correctly”

  2. “Great Job on correcting the use of your commas in that sentence”

  3. “Let’s try the spelling on that compound word one more time!”

  4. “I notice how hard you’ve been working on correcting your bathroom behavior expectations.”

All of these are great examples of feedback, however, C is not an example of praise.