Sunday, May 8, 2011

Categorizing my Feedback

In a previous post, I shared a sample of the kind of feedback I gave to students this year. Here, I try to put them into categories...

Reflecting Back only (10)
You have brought up a lot of...
It sounds like you are trying to...
It sounds like you are trying to think of ways to...
It sounds like one your strategies is....
It sounds like you... And you are concerned that...
I can see how your were trying to...
I hear what you are saying about...
It sounds like you are saying...
Others have also expressed your concern, which seems to be... Is that right?
It seems like two things: ... and... Do I have that right?
Reflecting Back then asking for a question (11)
I hear what you are saying about... do you think...?
You wrote...Do you think...?
You seem to be making an important distinction about...Why do you think...?
You mentioned something... Was it...?
You mention this... By that do you mean...?
The last thing you write here about... is an interesting problem. What made you think about that?
You mention... What experiences have you had with...?
In your reflection, you highlight...How are those things going...?
You pointed out that...Why do you think...?
It's very clear that... What do you think...?
Praising and Reflecting Back
Thank for you being honest about...
It's great that you are thinking about...
I love how you have earnestly you have tried to...
I like how thoughtful you were about... I wonder...
You have written very thoughtfully about... it sounds like...
It is nice to see you having an emotional and intellectual connection to...
I appreciate how you’ve...
It is clear that you thought deeply about this, especially your idea about...
You wrote clearly and thoughtfully about...
What I like about what you've done here is...
Praising and Reflecting, but in an Epistemological Way (10)
Thank you for... It really helps me to understand...
I appreciate how much...This helps me to concretely understand...
I also like how you...this shows me that you are...
I like how you...This is a great thing to keep doing because...
I really like your idea about... This shows you are really thinking about...
I especially like how you made connections to...
I like how you have written a rich description of... In explaining the ideas, you’ve included...and...
I like how you are looking for connections here... This is something expert learners do all the time...
It's clear that you tried to think why... But you also included how... which helped me to understand that...
You have done a nice job relating...This shows me that...
Encouraging in order to Nudge (2)
Keep up with..., and I hope to hear more about...
I think you did a nice job of initially describing...I'm wondering what else you might include to help me understand...
Commenting (4)
You seemed very concerned about... the empathy you express here is...
This indeed sounds like a complex problem....
I agree it can be hard to know...
It sounds like you... Two things that stand out about it are...
Reflecting back then Commenting
I hear you saying that you'd like... and also that...I can certainly relate to...One suggestion is that...
Other
I'm wondering how you...
How do you think this is different...?
I like your goal to...I have also...Let me know how it goes.

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