Feedback is one of the most powerful influences on student achievement. Feedback that focuses on improving tasks, processes and student self-regulation is the most effective (Source: What works best: 2020 update, Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation, April 2020).

Effective feedback:

• communicates your assessment of a student’s performance
• stimulates students to reflect on their own learning
• provides advice on future learning.

Feedback may include teacher feedback, peer feedback or a student’s own feedback, for example through a student learning journal. Learn more about each type of feedback via the links below.

• Providing feedback – a guide for teachers (DOCX 224KB)
• Providing peer feedback (DOCX 1.1MB)
• Learning journals – a guide for students (DOCX 103KB)

Our online sample self-reflection guide for students is a useful and immediate resource that you can share with your students. The guide explores the purpose of self-reflection in student learning and includes examples of self-reflection questions based on language learning.