1. Feedback is not advice, praise, or evaluation. Feedback is information about how we are doing in our efforts to reach a goal.

Grant Wiggins, p. 10

2. If students know the classroom is a safe place to make mistakes, they are more likely to use feedback for learning.

Dylan Wiliam, p. 30

3. The feedback students give teachers can be more powerful than the feedback teachers give students.

Cris Tovani, p. 48

4. When we give a grade as part of our feedback, students routinely read only as far as the grade.

Peter Johnston, p. 64

5. Effective feedback occurs during the learning, while there is still time to act on it.

Jan Chappuis, p. 36

6. Most of the feedback that students receive about their classroom work is from other students—and much of that feedback is wrong.

John Hattie, p. 18

7. Students need to know their learning target— the specific skill they’re supposed to learn— or else “feedback” is just someone telling them what to do.

Susan Brookhart, p. 24

Source:

The collective wisdom of authors published in the September 2012 issue of Educational Leadership : “Feedback for Learning.” (Volume 70, Issue 1).