What is it? When students receive written feedback on draft assignments, this is considered to be formative feedback; this contrasts with summative feedback which students will be given on final assignments. Using formative feedback, students are able to identify their strengths and weaknesses in order to make the necessary improvements before submitting the final version. […]
Giving yourself feedback
Posted on by Laurence Georgin in 1-to-1/ detailed feedback, Informal feedback
What is it? Lots of people assume that feedback has to come from other people for it to be useful; however, this is not necessarily true, since students are more than capable of giving themselves feedback. For example, many students find that recording oral assessments facilitate self-evaluation since it allows them to not only review […]
Computer-mediated annotations (e.g. E-Assignments, Turnitin)
Posted on by Laurence Georgin in 1-to-1/ detailed feedback, Class/ general feedback, Feedback technologies
What is it? Following a number of low scores on the National Student Survey, several departments across the University of Southampton started to use online platforms such as E-Assignments or Turnitin to mark assignments and deliver feedback. This has proved to be particularly successful with students who maintain that annotated scripts are very helpful and […]
Detailed and personal feedback via online platforms
Posted on February 10, 2015 by Laurence Georgin in 1-to-1/ detailed feedback, Class/ general feedback, Feedback technologies
What is it? Many students consider that online platforms, such as Turn-It-In and Mathematics Stack Exchange are extremely helpful with respect to the distribution of both specific and detailed feedback. With Turn-It-In, lecturers can provide richer feedback with marks directly on student assignments. The peer-review function can be used to assign peer-reviews to students while […]
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, […]