Skills for Learning: Effective Feedback
Skills for Learning:
Effective Feedback
What is Effective Feedback?
Research suggests effective feedback, formative assessments and peer-based learning are among the most effective ways a student can learn information. Research also suggests effective feedback is uncommon. Learn how to integrate and apply these concepts into your classroom.
Our Solutions
1. COGx Professional Development - Empowering Educators to Adopt Best Practices for Effective Feedback
Learn how to integrate and apply evidence-based strategies to deliver effective feedback while integrating it to and enhancing: engagement, motivation, metacognition in your classroom.
What you will learn:
Defining the components of effective feedback and types of feedback. How to use feedback to bolster self-esteem and encourage higher-level thinking. How to use formative assessment masterfully. How to harness the power of peer-based feedback and learning in your classroom. How to leverage feedback to foster metacognitive awareness and learning success.
How you will learn:
6 Video micro-lessons from experts 7 Group Discussion Invitations 4 Visuals and Graphic Organizers 2 Application Guides Ongoing self-checks and application of concepts Direct access to your Program Leader Opportunities to give and receive feedback from your peers Teaching practice reflection Estimated time to complete: 3 hours
2. COGx Student Program - Empowering Students to Become Sophisticated Learners
The COGx program for students, Becoming a Sophisticated Learner, provides students with the foundational skills necessary to develop 21st century skills. Students master evidence-based techniques and strategies to process information effectively and for building reliable prior knowledge, which is a prerequisite for critical thinking, creative thinking and effective communication. Furthermore, students learn how to monitor, organize, self-regulate and adjust their learning (metacognition, executive function). Students are equipped to apply what they learn to their classes and studies and are as such prepared to succeed in school and beyond.
