Immediate feedback vs delayed feedback (Timely feedback)
As an experienced teacher, we were trained about the importance of providing immediate feedback so that learners can remember their areas of improvement in the past.
I attended a recent workshop and it provided ideas from a research by Hattie.
Feedback can be positive or negative depending on how it is presented. We agree that feedback is one of the most powerful tools that teachers and parents used regularly in class.
The fact that our pupils can be bombarded with too many feedback on misconceptions without enough explanation. They get confused instead of understanding why they are wrong.
By delaying feedback, we find time to lead them to see their misconceptions and provide a timely constructive feedback that is meaningful to our pupils.
I personally feel that immediate feedback and delayed feedback depend on your success criteria and your task or concept to be learnt.
Immediate feedback can be useful when it is a procedural task where a set of steps must be followed strictly. By providing immediate feedback, you address the mistakes immediately so that those mistakes do not become a habit.
Delayed feedback is good when your pupils’ thinking process can be refined to improve their thinking and self-regulation skills for a concept to be learnt where learning can be transferred to long term learning.
A content-based task like writing a story or report can be examples where delayed feedback is useful.
Get pupils to think about the ideas used and allowed different drafts to be done for the same work. We can also have peer assessment where they discuss their draft with their peers for refinements.
Providing feedback by teacher too early can kill creativity so providing a delayed feedback after all the refinements may have a greater positive impact with a final conclusive feedback from teacher for reflection.
Regardless of immediate or delayed feedback, the central focus is to give timely feedback that meaningful learning can take place.
Teachers must be good evaluators when a feedback should be given.
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