JSU Center for University Scholars

Often we talk about the class as a learning community, but provide feedback individually.  Faculty Focus discusses ways to examine performance on assignments and ways to improve with the class as a whole.

Offer feedback that is specific, concrete and limited.
Offer examples that are right or well done.
Give students time to benchmark their work against the criteria.
Target one (maybe more) area of improvement as the class goal for the next assignment.
Model how to fix a problem area.
Give students the chance to practice what you have just demonstrated.
Target process issues for improvement as well.
Encourage students to help each other with problem areas.

I’m a big fan of passing out grading rubrics (preferably scored with each assignment) or model answers and including that in the class conversation about the assignment.  Any other ideas for how to engage the entire class in discussion of their performance on assignments?