Pupils may not have the time needed to reflect on the feedback and respond
to it.
– Not all responses will require reflection or adjustment; some simply confirm,
acknowledge or encourage.
– Provide more time by echoing the point, e.g.
So what you’re saying is …
– Build in time for pupils to amend work.
– Build in regular structured review points.
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Feedback may not be immediately understood.
– Use pupils or their work to exemplify your comments.
– If you are unsure check later.
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Individuals can dominate question and answer sessions and extended oral
feedback slows down learning for others in the class.
– ‘No hands up’ questioning is an excellent way of ensuring time for reflection,
involving all pupils in thinking and enabling teachers to target and support
individuals.
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– If instant oral feedback reveals the need for more extended interaction with an
individual, which will not be of benefit to the class, make time later, such as during
independent work.
– Offer more extended feedback in small groups.
– Feed back to the whole class when it is relevant, using methods other than
questioning, e.g. demonstration, or check pupils’ understanding by silent methods,
e.g. whiteboards or ‘show me’ activities.
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Time for individual feedback is limited.
– Try to offer collective feedback to the class where there are shared learning tasks.
– Utilise small group or guided work on a regular basis to offer feedback to pupils
with similar needs.
– Establish understanding that periodic reviews or coaching sessions will be
available to all pupils on a rotation basis.
Oral feedback for different purposes
Feedback for
different purposes
Examples of oral prompts
Correcting
Good try, but that’s not an error correct, actually it’s …
Providing
Yes, what you’re talking information about is called …
Appraising
praising
That would make sense, praising good thinking …
Has anyone else tried this or something similar?
Challenging
Try that again. This time include/vary …
Seeking
What do you mean when clarification you say it needs more
detail?
Encouraging
How might you take that exploration, argument even further?
elaboration or
development
Which would be the best way to …?
Redirecting
That’s a detailed learning or illustration. Now move on
activity to the explanation as it is also important.
Focusing or
orienting learning
All this is important but it’s really your use of…
That will really improve your work.
Confirmation
moving learning
on
Yes, that’s right, and now you can …
Crystallising next
steps
So spend a few minutes deciding on two changes you will
make to your …
Distilling and
summarising
learning
Let’s think about what we’ve learned so far.
Firstly, we’ve found out …
Encouraging
pupils to reflect
Let’s just think about what we’ve discussed
– is there anything else you might do?
Focusing on
learning strategies
Excellent, now how exactly did you manage approaches and
to improve on …?
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