Teaching students to give and receive feedback

Students submit a piece of work, evaluate the work of others and assess the quality of the feedback they receive, to understand the effect of good and bad feedback. They also receive an evaluator's grade.

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🎯Objectives of the activity

The main aim is to develop students' feedback skills, both in formulation and reception, in order to improve their self-assessment and critical thinking skills.

👍Benefits

Development of critical skills - Students learn to objectively analyze the work of their peers and make constructive comments.

Improved receptiveness to feedback - By evaluating the quality of feedback received, students become more open and receptive to constructive criticism.

Strengthened self-assessment - The experience of giving and receiving feedback improves students' ability to evaluate their own work.

Preparing for the professional world - Students develop essential communication and collaboration skills, useful in their future careers.

Improving the quality of work - The regular practice of feedback leads to an overall improvement in the quality of work produced.

Developing empathy - Students learn to formulate criticism in a sympathetic way and to understand different points of view.

📝Example of criteria

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⚙️How does it work?

Submission of work

Submission of work

Students upload their work to the platform according to the teacher's instructions.

This step can be carried out individually or in a group

Evaluation and feedback

Students or teachers assess the work using the assessment criteria defined by the teacher. 

They can also give feedback.

This step can be carried out individually or in a group

The teacher can also take part in this stage

Evaluation and feedback of group members

Students evaluate the members of their group using the evaluation criteria defined by the teacher. 

They can also give feedback.

This phase also includes a self-assessment

Evaluating feedback

The students use various criteria to indicate whether they found the feedback relevant or not.

They can also provide their markers with a written commentary.

Results display

Students discover the evaluations and feedback they have received, according to the display options they have defined.

Results can be hidden if required, if the teacher does not want students to have access to them.

Use the different valuation methods

Choose the evaluation method that suits you best.

Add extra phases

You can use a "simple" activity or add additional deposit or evaluation phases.

Enrich the experience with our AI assistant

Why not use our AI assistant to guide students in their feedback. The assistant can give them elements to improve their feedback and make it more constructive.

💡Some advice

This approach enables students to develop essential communication and assessment skills, while improving their ability to receive and use feedback effectively in their learning and personal development.

1. Establish clear guidelines - Provide students with specific criteria for giving constructive and caring feedback.

2.Model the process - Demonstrate how to give and receive effective feedback before asking students to do so.

3.Create a safe environment - Establish an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect so that students feel comfortable sharing their opinions.

4.Encourage specificity - Teach students to provide concrete examples and suggestions for improvement in their feedback.

5.Teach how to receive feedback - Guide students on how to interpret and use feedback constructively.

6.Practice regularly - Incorporate feedback exercises into various activities throughout the course to reinforce these skills.

7.Reflect on the process - Encourage students to reflect on their experience of giving and receiving feedback to continually improve their skills.

8.Reward improvement - Recognize and reward students' progress in their feedback skills over time.

Answers to your questions

How can I be sure that the assessments are fair and objective?

ChallengeMe offers clear and precise evaluation criteria that you can customize. What's more, the anonymity of assessments and the possibility of having several assessors per job help ensure fairness.

We also recommend preparing the students, explaining the objectives, and even co-constructing the criterion grid with them, taking examples from previous work.

Absolutely, group work is possible, both in the response phase (submitting a file as a group, for example) and in the evaluation phase (students must agree on feedback and evaluations).

We have a wide range of content available. On the platform, students are guided through the activity with tips for giving relevant feedback. We also provide teachers with documents they can use to present the activity to students.

The choice is yours! You can set up a formative system only (no grades, only feedback), or build a grade with weighting on criteria, bonuses/maluses according to certain events (lateness, for example), or even weight the peer assessment grade with the teacher's grade.

We work with over 90 schools in France, Switzerland, Belgium and Quebec. On our website, you'll find feedback from other schools on our activities.

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