In this activity, students learn how to actively use general, overarching feedback from a teacher for their own learning process. Instead of receiving feedback passively, students select what is relevant to them and translate it into concrete action points.
By exchanging ideas with fellow students, they discover different interpretations of the same feedback and refine their own improvement strategies.
- Activity goal
- Reflect
- When
- In class
- Where
- Offline
- Duration
- < 30 minutes| < 60 minutes
- Group size
- Small | Medium
Step-by-step plan
Stap 0: Preparation
Students receive feedback on a completed assignment on the spot, either from the teacher or from a fellow student.
Step 1: Teacher explanation
The teacher explains the feedback to the whole class, using different presentation methods. In addition to a verbal explanation, key points are visually supported, for example with slides or annotated examples of student work. Where possible, an explicit link is made to the rubric, so it is clear which assessment criteria the feedback relates to.
Step 2: Individual feedback
Students receive their feedback (from the teacher or a fellow student) and are given a few minutes to write down their emotional reactions.
Step 3: Exchange emotions
Have students share their emotions in pairs, allowing them to vent and compare their reactions with a fellow student.
Step 4: Analyse the feedback
The teacher explains that students will now analyse their feedback using the feedback matrix (see materials & tools).
Step 5: Exchange analyses
Students exchange their analyses and help each other with the analysis.
Step 6: Make actions concrete
Based on their feedback matrix, they formulate concrete actions (to learn from, to improve their assignment, etc.).
Consider the tools and materials mentioned here as suggestions. In many cases it’s possible to use alternative tools. Please turn to the Learning & Innovation team of your faculty first to see which online and offline tools are available and how to apply them.
Offline
- Feedback matrix
Downloads
Tip 1
- Prior to this activity, students can first do the feedback reflection. Please check the reflection card below.
Reflection card
