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First, understand what you want to achieve with feedback
The main purpose of feedback is to help your pupils, and effective feedback can have a significant positive impact on your pupil outcomes.
Feedback needs to show pupils:
- What their goals are – by discussing learning objectives and success criteria
- What they have achieved – by acknowledging and praising their work
- What changes are needed – by correcting misconceptions and setting strategies for improvement
For this to be effective, it should be:
- Timely – usually immediately after the task is completed, or in the same lesson
- Frequent – after every piece of work or task
- Acted on – by pupils
Feedback vs marking
Marking, or written feedback, is one form of feedback and typically involves