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Comment on Improving Written Feedback by Improving Written Feedback | huntingenglish | Learning Curve

Improving Written Feedback | huntingenglish | Learning Curve — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:09:23 +0000

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Comment on Improving Written Feedback by huntingenglish

huntingenglish — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:39:02 +0000

I understand your point Martin. The recording isn’t for OFSTED inspectors, although I understand the pressures and this is an added bonus in terms of accountability. The writing is for different reasons: all being focused in on the quality of the learning. Students often forget in a micro second the feedback you give them in my experience – which can be so frustrating! The writing has the purpose of ensuring students understand and translate the feedback, hang in n the essential targets from what is said. Secondly, it gives the student and the teacher a written record of comments/targets. This is helpful when referring back and it builds an ongoing bank of comments where patterns can emerge. Simply stamping is pointless box ticking which I abhor. I think this is a practical strategy that scaffolds their subsequent actions.

Comment on Improving Written Feedback by mrlockyer

mrlockyer — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:44:55 +0000

Great post and good advice! I wrote about how I think marking is broken and how it can be fixed a few weeks ago in this post:
http://www.classroomtm.co.uk/marking-is-broken/ – it is from a Primary perspective but I’m sure will have some use!

Comment on Improving Written Feedback by Martin Huxley

Martin Huxley — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:24:55 +0000

Thoughtful post, thanks. I wonder if it is worth considering seriously the work set before any formative assessment; simply to ensure the work set is informative about the knowledge and skill base of the students. Something more open-ended perhaps?

I do have a question regarding the verbal feedback. Students noting verbal teacher comments? Does it not make sure students nothing better than glorified scribes? Noting down comments primarily for others benefit E.g. Book trawls and the dementors…Surely more effective is getting students to act on that verbal feedback rather than write it down verbatim?

Comment on Make your ‘Marking Policy’ a ‘Feedback Policy’ by Improving Written Feedback | huntingenglish

Improving Written Feedback | huntingenglish — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:08:31 +0000

[…] tips is a synthesis of my experience and that of my English department (see our policy for feedback here). It also draws upon many excellent teachers and their cumulative experience of effective written […]

Comment on Becoming a Better Teacher by ‘Deliberate Practice’ by Improving Written Feedback | huntingenglish

Improving Written Feedback | huntingenglish — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:08:28 +0000

[…] I am going to post more fully on my topic of teachers getting better by undertaking ‘deliberate practice‘ sometime soon. One smaller aspect of my presentation was how teachers can improve written […]

Comment on The ‘OFSTED Uncertainty Principle’ and Holding Steady by Free Sound Bites (@AbsolutelyFreeB)

Free Sound Bites (@AbsolutelyFreeB) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:03:53 +0000

I used to think the fear of Ofsted was “irrational” as you suggest, and they were just an unnecessary irritation. However it seems to have become a game of Russian Roulette …

Comment on A Taste of Berger: Reading ‘An Ethic of Excellence’ by BIORAMA! The Biome Project | Banyan Global Learning

BIORAMA! The Biome Project | Banyan Global Learning — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:50:09 +0000

[…] a page from Ron Berger’s An Ethic of Excellence, we save the Biome Projects from year to year to use them as models for future years. […]

Comment on Wise Words For My Younger Self by huntingenglish

huntingenglish — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:07:49 +0000

That is very kind praise – thank you!

Comment on Wise Words For My Younger Self by mrandersonyork (@thequillguy)

mrandersonyork (@thequillguy) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:31:47 +0000

And a refreshingly sincere letter, too. Out of all the UK English teaching blogs currently running, yours is both credible, and consistently useful. Thanks for being so free with your time and resources.