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Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University Unit 20 : Methods of Feedback for Students

Unit 20 : Methods of Feedback for Students Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
20.1 Meaning of Feedback
20.2 Objectives of Feedback for Students
20.3 Different Aspects of Feedback for Students
20.4 Types of Methods of Feedback for Students
20.5 Advantages and Disadvantages for Different Methods of Feed back
20.6 Summary
20.7 Keywords
20.8 Review Questions
20.9 Further Readings

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarised as below :
• To explain about the meaning of feedback
• To discuss about the objectives of feedback for students
• To describe the levels of feedback
• To explain the types of methods of feedback for students
• To discuss about the advantages of feedback

Introduction

Feedback from students has always played an important role in the maintenance of quality and
standards in higher education. As quality assurance arrangements have themselves become more
formalised, so too have the arrangements for the collection, analysis and use of student feedback.
However, there are a number of other contextual changes that have influenced these arrangements.

20.1 Meaning of Feedback

Feedback refers to the Information teachers give to learners about their performance on an
assessment.
There are many different ways to do this. Most good teachers provide students with feedback. If
we see a teacher’s role as someone who is a facilitator of learning and someone who provides
opportunities to learn, then we will make assessment feedback an opportunity for children to
learn. This means that our feedback will provide students with constructive comments and
suggestions where they may improve and acknowledgement of the learning and thinking that
has been shown in the assessment exercise. Feedback can contain written or verbal communication
to the student about their work. The feedback should contain suggestions on how to improve as
well as feedback about their efforts.

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