Setting+Objectives+and+Providing+Feedback

Generalizations From Research

 * 1) Setting instructional goals narrows what students focus on.
 * 2) Teachers should encourage students to personalize the learning goals the teacher has identified for them.
 * 3) Instructional goals should not be too specific.
 * 4) Feedback should be corrective in nature.
 * 5) Feedback should be timely.
 * 6) Feedback should be specific to a criterion.
 * 7) Students can effectively provide some of their own feedback.

Example Activities

 * Rubrics
 * Bulletin Board of Example Work -- a "visual rubric" that includes "A", "B", "C", and unacceptable quality work.
 * Electronic Portfolios
 * Classroom Performance Systems - clickers to generate feedback instantly

Recommendations & Ideas

 * 1) Set Learning Objectives or Goals that are specific but flexible
 * 2) Contract with students to obtain specific learning objectives or goals
 * 3) Use criterion-referenced feedback
 * 4) Focus feedback on specific types of knowledge
 * 5) Use student-led feedback

//Information presented above in the definition is from [|McREL], and generalizations from research, and recommendations & ideas is from [|Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (ASCD)(Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, Jane E. Pollock)].//

Listed below are suggested uses of technology that will enhance a students' learning of setting goals and providing feedback.
Use surveys to help create class goals [|www.surveymonkey.com] [|www.pollcat.com] [|www.profilerpro.com] [|www.polleverywhere.com]

Rubrics [|http://rubistar.4teachers.org] [|www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics] [|www.landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php]

Science blog used for feedback and goal setting [|http://mrmackeyscience.blogspot.com]

Databases of National and State Standards and Benchmarks [|www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks] http://edstandards.org/standards.html [|www.academicbenchmarks.com]

Web resources that provide instant feedback [|www.mathplayground.com] [|www.explorelearning.com] [|www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise] [|www.brainpop.com] little videos [|www.iknowthat.com]

Simulation Software http://www.atari.com/rollercoastertycoon/us/index/php

Communication Tools for easy feedback [|http://pbwiki.com] [|www.edublogs.org] [|www.wikispaces.org] [|www.gaggle.net] Email [|www.skype.com] chat, videoconference, phone calls, conference calls

Writing software that automatically evaluates student writing - fee http://criterion2.ets.org/cwe

Teachers providing feedback http://del.icio.us/mattscottkuhn/teacherblog