{"id":297,"date":"2014-06-25T14:59:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T18:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feedback.commons.hwdsb.on.ca\/?p=297"},"modified":"2014-06-25T15:00:29","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T19:00:29","slug":"key-learning-from-our-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feedback.commons.hwdsb.on.ca\/?p=297","title":{"rendered":"Key Learning From our Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/hwdsbcommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3142\/2014\/06\/Descriptive-Feedback-Presentation.pdf\">Descriptive Feedback Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1. Model and chunk each part of the Success Criteria<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Show students what each part means, what each part looks like<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Go over students work samples to show them what each part could look like<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Model and have students highlight each part of the success criteria in their work, so that they better understand how to apply the criteria<\/p>\n<p>2. Success criteria needs to work for students<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Should create it with the students, so that they understand it and it is in their language<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students may take a different perspective on what they need to be successful than we do<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allow students to provide the teacher with feedback on the effectiveness of the success criteria<\/li>\n<li>Give students opportunity to reflect on how they have used the success criteria and feedback to improve their work (with and without a partner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students need to have the success criteria reinforced over time<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Multiple opportunities to practice using the success criteria<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For example:\u00a0 using same context for multiple applications of success criteria<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 practice many reading response answers&#8211;grade 3 and 6 examples<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 then give opportunity to apply to success criteria to a different context\/format<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students seem to prefer, and are more successful when the success criteria is more sequential (laying out how to communicate their thinking), in a step by step manner<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Focusing too much on thinking does not seem to help the students to be successful<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For Reading, the organization of their thinking needs to be embedded into the success criteria, otherwise students are confused and do not succeed<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This also helps when providing feedback, because you can pinpoint something specific on a student\u2019s work (writing about reading)<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Success criteria should help with assessment of the task<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For Writing, the success criteria can be more thinking based, since the criteria can stand on their own more easily<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 When to provide feedback:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing feedback during the initial modeled and shared lessons is more difficult<\/li>\n<li>Use student work to drive instruction rather than focusing on individual feedback<\/li>\n<li>Many of the next steps or needs are used as formative assessment to plan the next lessons<\/li>\n<li>In initial tasks, feedback could be limited to positive comments, what students have done well<\/li>\n<li>Students need several attempts at the concepts\/task to start understanding what they need to do<\/li>\n<li>In writing, feedback before students start revising is more useful<\/li>\n<li>In reading, provide feedback for each formative task, showing students what they have done well (which success criteria) and which criteria they still need to work on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Orally conference, prompting students, asking them questions, or working with an elbow partner<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When providing feedback on areas that need improvement, suggestions on how to improve should be included<\/li>\n<li>Limit feedback to 1-2 (max) next steps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4. Differentiate feedback for your students<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some will benefit from written feedback, others need an oral conference<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some forms of feedback that we tried:\u00a0 Google Docs comments, post-it notes, success criteria checklists, conferencing, peer collaboration groups, peer feedback with post-it notes<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some students will need more time to master each part of the success criteria, therefore limit the criteria they are working on for each assignment<\/p>\n<p>5. Need to check on students to see how they are applying the feedback<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whether they understand the feedback<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Feedback needs to be simple and relevant<\/p>\n<p>\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Feedback log helps students to focus their next steps<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Students write feedback from each piece into log<\/p>\n<p>The feedback log helps students to focus on their next steps<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descriptive Feedback Presentation 1. 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