Feedback For students.

     It is important for students to know how well they are doing as they learn. This is because the knowledge that they are doing well give students a sense of achievement which motivates them to learn more.

     Similarly, it is also important to let students know when they have made a mistake so that they will learn from it and take corrective measures. Hence, it is absolutely essential for teachers to monitor students’ learning and give them feedback.

      Feedback can be given to individual students, to a group of them, or to the whole class. It would be more efficient if the whole class can share in the monitoring process and the feedback.

     In some cases, even the failure to provide feedback is a form of feedback; it could be saying, 'You are not important enough for me to spend my time on.

However, teachers should correct wrong answers tactfully, and encourage the student to rephrase or revise the answer. If a student needs assistance in answering a question, teachers should look to other students to provide help rather than providing it themselves.

 In fact, consciously or unconsciously, we are giving students feedback all the time: facial expressions, tone of voice, and especially words all say a lot about our expectations and the quality of the responses to those expectations.

    Feedback should also be given to students as frequently as possible. Ideally, a student should receive feedback for each and every assigned task in the process of acquiring proficiency with new material.

    Teachers should try to give feedback in a positive manner as positive feedback not only provides more information than negative ones but it also helps to strengthen a student’s motivation and self-esteem.