Literacy Beat

LiteracyBeat goes to Crete, Greece, June 25, 2024.

Linda, Dana, and Thomas present at the 23rd European Conference on Literacy, June 25, 2024.

Feedback on writing is often limited to rubrics even though more is possible. Feedback is one routine with potential to significantly improve student achievement. Nowhere, we argue, can feedback improve learning more than in writing instruction. Research we are conducting suggests that teachers perceive oral feedback to be particularly useful. Other research informs our work that suggests the teacher’s relationship with students may have an impact on the efficacy of feedback.

In general, teachers find useful feedback is easy to provide and believe their students review feedback they offer. Teachers seemed to prefer oral feedback, and nearly 60 percent of teachers believe their students use feedback to improve performance from one task to the next. However, teachers preferred simple (50.3% rank 1 or 2) and complex affirmations (67.75% rank 1 and 2) over other types of feedback.

During this session, we will examine what research suggests are effective practices in providing feedback to foster and to develop effective writing skills with a focus on oral feedback. We examine both tech and non-tech ways to provide feedback in terms of reinforcement (positive and negative) and signals to advance to the next level of proficiency, with the ultimate aim of accelerating learning.

We are grateful to Dr. Diane Lapp and the team at Health Sciences High and Middle College for their support during data collection. #Guilford Press

Also, watch for the 2nd edition of Literacy in the Disciplines with Dr. Wolsey and Dr. Lapp, new from Guilford Press. Preprint copies are available now for professors and professional development leaders (Contact Thomas for details and discount codes). The book is available August 12, 2024 for professional purposes and course adoption.

Do not forget to check out Assessment Literacy by Dr. Wolsey, Dr. Grisham, and Dr. Lenski.

Download presentation materials and book promotional materials at https://app.box.com/s/nm93q8joytgib322bq8gy5ee9853iter [Available until August 1, 2024).

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