Feedback Strategies

A feedback loop in an electrical circuit. source: Wikimedia

How to Craft Constructive Feedback:  I think the two questions it suggests reviewers pose when giving feedback of "What stood out for you?" and "Was there anything you wanted more of?" are good ways to highlight what you liked about someones work and bridge criticisms into positives where it could be stronger. 

Be a Mirror: This article has some helpful points on how to think about feedback in a different more constructive light when looking at others' work.  Being specific in your critiques can remove ambiguity and help someone make specific changes to improve their work.  Focusing on what someone is doing with their work and not what you as a reviewer thinks they should be doing is also a helpful way to look at things so the person can improve what they are doing and not focus on what they could be doing.

I have experience in other classes giving feedback and I think that experience will help me give better feedback in this class.

Feedback Thoughts

A picture of someone giving another feedback.  Source: Pixabay

5 tips for taking feedback like a champ:  I think that reminding ourselves that we have room to grow is, in general, a good thing and can make it easier to focus on what you need to improve when you narrow down exactly what your weaknesses are.  I also think that recognizing your intentions can be useful when you fall short to better steer future efforts in the right direction of what we want. 

6 bad mental habits that sabotage your success:  This article does a good job of explaining some of the ways we sabotage ourselves when making mistakes or trying to succeed.  Making excuses for yourself is the easiest way to get yourself our of doing something that you should be able to do.  Turning every failure into a catastrophic one will lead to a lot more undue stress, which makes you less productive overall.  

The most productive feedback experience I can remember was my expository writing class 2 semesters ago.  The whole class had to schedule a one-on-one session with the professor to discuss their paper in detail and where it needs improvement.  The most negative experiences are always when teachers require students to fill out a pre-made feedback sheet with guided questions when giving feedback on other people's papers.