We are launching our first online course! Floop is now offering a Feedback Essentials Course. This 5-hour self-paced course includes 5 modules covering the following topics: Feedback overview – Examine the current research about feedback, feedback systems, and going gradeless. Reflect on your current feedback practices. Teacher feedback – Explore how to design an effective, …
Feedback literacy is an important set of skills that help us learn from feedback. Everything from the way we grade to the way we structure lessons and group work can give students opportunities to develop their feedback literacy. What’s often overlooked is the amazing opportunity we have to model our own journey towards better feedback …
In order for students to develop a capacity for learning from feedback, they must first be open to confronting their mistakes. In my classroom, assessment pass-back day used to be an emotional roller coaster. Some students are bouncing out of their seats and others are close to tears, awaiting the ‘judgement’ that was ahead. Through thoughtful …
Washington state is becoming the first in the nation to include student voice as a standard in the edTPA teacher certification portfolio assessment. They define student voice as: Ongoing reflective self-assessment expressed in the words of the learner for the purpose of improving teaching and learning. The edTPA breaks the portfolio down into three tasks: planning, …
We give our students a lot of feedback to guide their growth — but do we do a good job of seeking and using feedback ourselves? Over the winter break of 2015, I was somewhat startled to find myself searching the internet for career alternatives that would take me out of the classroom. I …
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