What is it? Alongside their studies, many PhD students teach undergraduate classes, in particular tutorials. This is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable teaching experience, especially as many of them will be required to teach in the future if they decide to stay in academia. Since most PhD students are fairly new to the profession, […]
Annotated Exam Transcripts
Posted on March 10, 2015 by Laurence Georgin in Written feedback
What is it? Following examinations, many departments give students the opportunity to collect or view their exam script. However, many students are unaware of this opportunity and consequently do not take advantage of it. Therefore, it is important that lecturers and tutors actively encourage their students to spend the time going through their exam scripts, […]
The Sandwich Method
Posted on February 16, 2015 by Laurence Georgin in Verbal feedback, Written feedback
What is it? A popular method to give feedback to students across disciplines is the Sandwich Method. This means that the lecturer starts off by offering positive feedback on what the student did well; then provides constructive criticism on what the student didn’t do so well; and ends on a positive note by giving the […]
Feedback from students informing the next lecture
Posted on February 10, 2015 by Laurence Georgin in Class/ general feedback
What is it? Another interesting and effective method of giving feedback is the use feedback forms straight after a lecture. Some lecturers ask their students at the end of their lectures to complete a short questionnaire in which students are required to identify and highlight any problems they may have come across during the lecture. […]
Consistency of feedback across lecturers
Posted on by Laurence Georgin in 1-to-1/ detailed feedback, Written feedback
What is it? Most students appreciate it when their lecturers annotate their written assignments and exams so that they can pinpoint exactly where their strengths and weaknesses lie and contextualise generic feedback. Moreover, lecturers should aim to be consistent in their feedback and give individual students the same level of feedback regardless of their level […]
Mark Sheets
Posted on December 1, 2014 by Laurence Georgin in Written feedback
What is it? When students complete an exam, an assignment or even a piece of classwork, tutors often grade this work based on a discipline specific mark scheme that is divided into categories. For example, in Modern Languages, the categories include content, structure, accuracy, style, range of expression, syntax, register and vocabulary. All categories are […]
Written feedback on formal assignments
Posted on November 25, 2014 by Laurence Georgin in 1-to-1/ detailed feedback, Written feedback
What is it? Although students receive feedback all the time, they often recognise written feedback on formal assignments as the only form of feedback they get and therefore put more emphasis on it. With large cohorts, students may only get a mark on their assignment and receive general feedback given to the whole class. However, […]