{"id":595,"date":"2019-06-26T10:42:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T10:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/?page_id=595"},"modified":"2022-04-25T12:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T12:20:56","slug":"engaging-students-with-feedback","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/engaging-students-with-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaging students with feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-595\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-595-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-595-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-595-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-atom-48beb218c338-595\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/home\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tCURRICULUM FRAMEWORK HOME\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-595-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-595-0-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/engage-in-feedback\/\"><strong>Engage in Feedback<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/why-is-feedback-important\/\"><strong>Why is feedback important?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/?page_id=574&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Effective Feedback<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/?page_id=582&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Feedback on Assessments<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/feed-forward\/\"><strong>Feed-forward<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/engaging-students-with-feedback\/\"><strong>Engaging Students with Feedback<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/evaluating-feedback\/\"><strong>Evaluating Feedback<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-595-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div id=\"inside-wrapper\" class=\"inside-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"main-content\" class=\"content-center\">\n<div class=\"cl-side_2r c-blue\">\n<div class=\"pullout-box\">\n<h1>resources<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Higher Education Academy (HEA). (2016) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heacademy.ac.uk\/knowledge-hub\/developing-engagement-feedback-toolkit-deft\"><u><strong><em>The Developing Engagement with Feedback Toolkit<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/a><u>. York: HEA.<\/u><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-595-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-595-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div id=\"inside-wrapper\" class=\"inside-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"main-content\" class=\"content-center\">\n<div class=\"cl-main_2 c-blue\">\n<div class=\"content-body\">\n<h1>Engaging students with feedback<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Feedback is key to helping students develop the academic and transferable skills expected of graduates. How students respond to feedback will be influenced by their own attitude to learning and by their prior experience of assessment and feedback. Failure to engage with feedback may be due to either the system used or to their lack of understanding of their learning goals and the criteria against which their academic performance is measured.<\/span><\/p>\n<style>#sp-ea-1910 .spcollapsing { height: 0; overflow: hidden; transition-property: height;transition-duration: 500ms;}#sp-ea-1910.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single {margin-bottom: 10px; border: 1px solid #e2e2e2; }#sp-ea-1910.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single>.ea-header a {color: #444;}#sp-ea-1910.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single>.sp-collapse>.ea-body {background: #fff; color: #444;}#sp-ea-1910.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single {background: #eee;}#sp-ea-1910.sp-easy-accordion>.sp-ea-single>.ea-header a .ea-expand-icon { float: left; color: #444;font-size: 16px;}<\/style><div id=\"sp_easy_accordion-1776291196\"><div id=\"sp-ea-1910\" class=\"sp-ea-one sp-easy-accordion\" data-ea-active=\"ea-click\" data-ea-mode=\"vertical\" data-preloader=\"\" data-scroll-active-item=\"\" data-offset-to-scroll=\"0\"><div class=\"ea-card sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-19100\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse19100\" aria-controls=\"collapse19100\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-plus\"><\/i> For students to engage with feedback<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse spcollapse\" id=\"collapse19100\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-1910\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-19100\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p>For students to engage with feedback, it first of all needs to be:<\/p><ul><li>relevant - so that the comments are useful and constructive<\/li><li>timely - such that they can take comments on board for the next piece of work<\/li><\/ul><p>This requires staff to give careful consideration to ways in which they provide feedback.<\/p><p>Download and share with your students:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/10\/Making-the-most-of-your-feedback-final-002.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Making the most of your feedback (for students)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ea-card sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-19101\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse19101\" aria-controls=\"collapse19101\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-plus\"><\/i> For feedback to support learning<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse spcollapse\" id=\"collapse19101\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-1910\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-19101\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p>For feedback to support learning, two processes must take place:<\/p><ol><li>Evaluation: students must reflect on and evaluate their own work in the light of the feedback to identify gaps, misconceptions, etc.<\/li><li>Knowledge building: students must use the feedback to rectify misunderstandings and construct a better understanding<\/li><\/ol><p>This does not typically happen automatically. The ASKe project at Oxford Brookes have produced a useful<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" role=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookes.ac.uk\/aske\/documents\/StudentFeeback_makeitwork.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">student-facing<\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px\">\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px\">guide describing three steps to get the best out of feedback.<\/span><\/p><p>To develop this further, feedback should be planned in ways that ensure that students are provided with explicit opportunities to respond to, evaluate, and act on it. There are two main ways in which this can be achieved:<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ea-card sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-19102\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse19102\" aria-controls=\"collapse19102\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-plus\"><\/i> A reflective approach<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse spcollapse\" id=\"collapse19102\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-1910\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-19102\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p>Students are required to actively reflect on and engage with the feedback that they received. Examples of this approach include:<\/p><ul><li>Students evaluating and responding to comments. This could include them putting them into their own words and saying what they will do about them<\/li><li>When the following assignment is submitted, students are required to say how they used previous feedback<\/li><li>Sequencing assignments so that feedback is being used (e.g. drafts and redrafts)<\/li><li>Getting students to ask what they specifically want feedback on when they submit the work<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ea-card sp-ea-single\"><h3 class=\"ea-header\"><a class=\"collapsed\" id=\"ea-header-19103\" role=\"button\" data-sptoggle=\"spcollapse\" data-sptarget=\"#collapse19103\" aria-controls=\"collapse19103\" href=\"#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"ea-expand-icon eap-icon-ea-expand-plus\"><\/i> Peer review<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"sp-collapse spcollapse spcollapse\" id=\"collapse19103\" data-parent=\"#sp-ea-1910\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"ea-header-19103\"> <div class=\"ea-body\"><p>Students make evaluative judgements about the work of peers and provide feedback to each other. In this approach, students generate as well as receive feedback. This requires students to be active, revisit the assessment criteria from different perspectives, evaluate their own knowledge and develop a greater awareness of what good work looks like. The ASKe project produced a very useful, concrete,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" role=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brookes.ac.uk\/aske\/documents\/2788_123-PeerFback.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three-step guide to peer feedback<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span> Among the advantages of peer review are a greater awareness of what feedback is and how to act on it, more prompt and diverse feedback, increased assessment literacy and development of professional and transferable skills. Key aspects to consider include:<\/p><ul><li>Establishing ground rules for peer assessment<\/li><li>Training for the students on the use of the assessment criteria, including the use of these with examples of student work of different levels<\/li><li>Supporting peer review through resources such as prompts in the form of questions to guide their thinking<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engage in Feedback Why is feedback important? Effective Feedback Feedback on Assessments Feed-forward Engaging Students with Feedback Evaluating Feedback resources &nbsp; Higher Education Academy (HEA). (2016) The Developing Engagement with Feedback Toolkit\u00a0. York: HEA. Engaging students with feedback &nbsp; Feedback is key to helping students develop the academic and transferable skills expected of graduates. 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