This week for ECS 401 we started of with our learning circles groups discussing chapters 8 & 9. Chapter 8 focused on collecting, organizing and presenting evidence and chapter 9 focused on Communicating about learning. Below is the conversation my discussion group and I had on the chapters.
After the learning circle discussion we moved on to watching a peer assessment video and learning about feedback. We reviewed the document below and talked about descriptive feedback. Descriptive feedback is important because it helps the student get a better idea of where they are and where they need to go, what exactly they might be doing wrong and what exactly they need to do better. Overall descriptive feedback sets a student up for success.
We then looked at a worksheet that had statements that were either full of details and very descriptive or lacked detail and were not very descriptive at all. This showed me ways of how I can be more descriptive with feedback as a future educator. It showed me how a student/parent/etc. can get a better insight of what is being said by just changing up what you are saying by being a bit more descriptive.
Then we watched a video on two stars and a wish. The video showed students presenting on a certain topic and the other students commenting with feedback – two starts (something they did well) and a wish – (something they could improve on). We tried this in class where someone was chosen and given a random topic to talk about. Here are the two stars and a wish our class gave the presenter.
I thought this was a great activity to help us get started on providing feedback and to start looking where students did well and where they can improve.
I found this class extremely helpful as it helped me discover ways of how I can provide descriptive feedback to my future students. Below is how our class feels on providing feedback, it seems like most of us like it and believe we can provide good quality feedback.
Nelly Zepeda 