Feedback feeds learning
Remember this. We’ve been talking a lot about learning recently, and in particular about the importance of feedback. We explained that assessments were an effective way of improving learning, not just measuring it (and therefore marking it). We have also seen how important it is for feedback to arrive as quickly as possible and not to be a post-mortem on completed work on which nothing more can be done. Finally, we looked at how to produce such feedback, i.e. under what conditions it can be given, but we didn’t mention or develop what makes good feedback. We have not shown how feedback feeds learning.
That’s what HEC Montréal tells us in this beautiful infographic that depicts feedback as a thick sandwich in four parts:
- Positive aspects (mention what the learner has learnt and achieved)
- Areas for improvement (highlighting what has not been learnt, the difficulties encountered and what the learner needs to improve on)
- Recommendations (recommending activities and resources to the learner, suggesting an action plan to overcome difficulties)
- Encouragement (supporting the learner in continuing their efforts and learning)
I’m sorry for English readers. This infographic is in French but at least you have the gist of it.
