MTMOF

Making the Most of Feedback

A guide for university students to help you understand and use feedback effectively in your learning

Feedback is an essential feature of learning

Feedback provides valuable pointers on how to improve, but it can be daunting, uncomfortable and sometimes overwhelming!

Here you will find some tips and resources to help you understand:

What exactly is feedback

How to approach it effectively

What to do with so that you learn from it

Get up to speed on Feedback in 3 minutes! ▶️▶️▶️

Listen to this short introduction podcast with Dr Andrew MacLaren and Dr Tom Farrington where they describe:

❓ What feedback is

💡 Why it's important

🚀 How to take action on it

So, you're waiting on results…what should you do now?

Below is a series of things you can do to help you turbocharge your learning through effective engagement with feedback. There are three sections:

SECTION 1

Anticipate

SECTION 2

Pay Attention & Make Sense

SECTION 3

Take Action

SECTION 1: ANTICIPATE

Your feedback starts with you, not your professors…the more you understand feedback as a concept and sincerely reflect on how you feel you have done, the more prepared and aligned you will be when you get your results. This anticipation work will help you take faster and more effective action on your feedback when you receive it. It will also lead to better results in the future.

By anticipating, you WIN!

Listen to the Podcast…Deep Dive on Feedback ▶️▶️▶️

Expect to learn:

-What students think feedback is & typical reacitons

-Feedback as process & dialogue

-How to take action on feedback

▶️ HIT PLAY BELOW TO LISTEN (24 mins) ⬇︎ ▶️

Download a transcript of the podcast here

Make a note of how you feel about your assignment before you receive your results
so you can compare the feedback and see if you have a good sense of what
your professors are looking for

How do you think you've done…no, really?!?

Were there other distractions going on? Were you getting enough sleep? Did you enjoy this assignment?

These factors may influence the extent to which you were able to do your best work

SECTION 2: Pay Attention & Make Sense

The moment has arrived!

You've got your results 😱😱😱

Here are some top tips to help you pay attention and make sense of your results:

Engage with it it carefully - it's easy just to scan through comments and move on. Really try to understand what the feedback is telling you

Pay attention to all different kinds of feedback, including feedback that is less 'official' (has there been verbal feedback in class - before or after the results were released?)

Try and respond to feedback in a constructive way. Think about the comments. Are there any that surprise you, or are they what you were expecting?

Look at it alongside the work you submitted and the marking criteria

Discuss the feedback with others - what are your friends saying? (don’t just see if they get a better mark than you, talk to each other about the comments you all got)

REMEMBER...React, then Respond!

Acknowledge that you will probably be tense, emotionally sensitive and maybe even anxious when you receive your results. This will influence how you react. Remember, you can't choose how you react, but you can choose how you respond.

Whether you are overjoyed or disappointed, it will probably help you to have an initial look at your results (react), then take a break and return later when you are in a better position to make sense of what you can learn from them (respond).

SECTION 3: Take Action!

Once you’ve paid attention to the feedback, and made sure you understand it,
it’s important to then act on it.

Remember, feedback not acted upon is not feedback at all (Orsmond et al., 2005):

- Keep a record THEN Take concrete action

- Use it when you’re doing the next assessment

Download the Action Plan Document!

MTMOF_activity1_reflecting_on_feedback_241209.docx

Download this document to capture your feedback, reflect on it and create a plan of action!

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