Author(s): John Almarode (Contribution by); Douglas Fisher (Contribution by); Nancy Frey (Contribution by)

Education

You have the power to improve everything about teaching and learning-through excellent feedback. Make it precise. Timely. Actionable. Feedback is absolutely necessary for learning, and it is the one ingredient that, it missing, will hinder the learning process. In this playbook, you will not only learn how to give effective feedback, but you will also have abundant opportunities to practice this skill (and get feedback) as you learn. Best-selling authors John Almarode, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey brilliantly organize this resource into 16 modules on the Four Cs of Feedback: Care-create a culture in which teachers, students, and leaders embrace feedback as a continuous loop of giving, receiving, and integrating suggestions, Credibility-know how to stoke relatability, dynamism, and trust-and avoid the three most Common barriers to students' acting on feedback, Clarity-align your learning goals, success criteria, and strategies so you gain the most useful evidence during learning from which to generate feedback, Communication-give feedback with intention by speaking to the task, or to the learner's process, or to the learner's ability to monitor their own progress, Feedback is futile unless it motivates students to change their approach the next time and still love learning. With How Feedback Works: A Playbook, you have the essential guide to ensuring students reach their highest potential.