Hi,
I have just read a few articles that discuss how feedback can be better displayed by leaders towards their students in a more effective and functional way.
Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback
This article discusses how leaders should always talk about what a student can do better in the future rather than what they did wrong. This gives a student confidence and motivation to stop dwelling on the past and rather focus on how they can improve.
I completely agree with such strategy as I support the strategy of positive reinforcement.
Be A Mirror
This Second Article also discusses how feedback should cover what someone has rather than what someone is missing. focus on what the reader is doing (not on what is missing). A mirror cannot reflect back what is not there.
A very important and very difficult strategy of feedback is to take yourself out of the feedback. This means not saying, “I like how you…” or “I think…” because this sort of feedback makes it about pleasing us adults. Instead of starting with first person pronouns, I start with the reader’s name or simply say, “When you…” and keep the focus on the reader. After all, a mirror stays focused on what is in front of it.
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