Importance Of The Feedback In the Classrooms

I just attended a parent teacher meeting with my son’s teacher this afternoon and had some valuable feedback and information on my son’s progress in school. Coincide with this I just read this article this morning Feedback is one of the best tools in the classroom, research shows on SMH. The article going over the value of feedback in a school environment.

Good work is not rewarded with stickers or simplistic praise at Woonona Public School, a primary school identified as one of the top performers in the state for lifting the results of its students.

Instead, the secret to the success of the school is that teachers and students work every day to give each other feedback. But it isn’t just about delivering a “good job” when work is done well or highlighting mistakes.

The more immediate the feedback, the more effective it is – so we are evaluating the impact minute by minute, every day. Teachers give students feedback, students give teachers feedback and students give each other feedback.

Evidence shows, when implemented effectively, feedback can add an impressive eight months to a student’s learning progress and that’s why we are investing in supporting teachers to make the most of it.

I would be very interesting to see how the result of a lot of these education experiments pan out in the long-term withstanding the change of school principal and staff. Overall I agree with much feedback is very important and involving both parents and students closely is a valuable tool which no doubt will improve on our children’s future education.

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