Mike’s Blog
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Tag: targeting learner effort
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Instead of giving verbal feedback on the work that learners are producing, try giving it on this instead
When giving verbal feedback during lessons, one useful area on which you can focus is learner thinking. This means providing information learners can use to think differently, to change their…
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Seven strategies for giving formative feedback while your activities are in full swing
Mid-activity feedback is perhaps the most common form of verbal feedback. The one we use the most when teaching. This is where we give learners feedback while they are engaged…
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How does feedback help teachers to raise achievement?
Good feedback tends to lead to good progress. As teachers, we are trying to do the best for our students. Feedback means we can give them access to our expertise.…
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The magic power of feedback to create purpose and increase learner effort over time
Feedback is an incredibly effective way to sustain learner purpose and target learners’ efforts. Let us imagine two classrooms. One in which no feedback is given, the other in which…
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How to start seeing feedback as a shortcut for sharing your expertise with learners
It is worth looking a little deeper at the idea of expertise and the notion that feedback is in large part a process through which you can give students access…