Arizona Language Association, September 17, 1999
Keiko Schneider
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Student Feedback Form
(Not Teaching Enhancement, Learner Autonomy)
I. Definition of "Feedback"
- Definition in Dictionary of Language and Languages (Penguin Reference)
Feedback: 1. The process whereby the sender of a message obtains a reaction from the
receiver which enables a check to be make on the efficiency of the communication
- such as a head nod, facial expression, or vocalization (e.g. mhm) (page 133)
- David Nunan
Feedback: see error correction
Error correction: see teacher error correction
- Channel 4 KOB Albuquerque, NM "Building our station around you"
II. For teachers and For learners
For teachers:
Scholarship of Teaching
K. Patricia Cross (1996) Research skills and teaching skills for professors at higher
education institutions.
K. Patricia Cross(1993) "Teacher-Designed Feedback Froms"pages 330-333
For students:
A Step towards Independent Learning
Knowles (1986) Principles of Adult Learning
Kolb (1976) Learning Cycle
III. How do I use it?
1. Students' understanding of Student Feedback
2. Frequency and Timing
3. Example questions:Staple ones, Optional ones
IV. Practical Advice
1. Make it clear to students why we are taking time to do this, and you appreciate
their help. Nothing to do with grades.
2. Have them write and collect immediately.
3. Share the results.
4. Use as indication of needing individual meeting.
V. References
Thomas Angelo, K. Patricia Cross, 1993
Classroom assessment techniques : a handbook for college teachers
K. Patricia Cross, Mimi Harris Steadman, 1996
Classroom research : implementing the scholarship of teaching
Crystal, David 1992 An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language and Languages
Knowles, M. 1986 Using Learning Contracts
Kolb, D. 1976 The Learning Style Inventory
Nunan, David. 1989 Understanding Language Classrooms :A guide for teacher-initiated
action
Example I, Example II
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