Fine-Tune Your Feedback with Digital Tools

Looking to add a few digital power tools to enhance student learning? Try combining a productive tech tool with insightful feedback and amp up the learning curve (and the effect size! ) The essential message is that the most valuable feedback focuses on helping the students improve (Clarke and Hattie).

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​​If the hinge point average effect size is .4 for one year of growth on Hattie’s Scale of Achievement,
Providing students with individual feedback, tips the scales at a .66 effect size.

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When learning, students must be able to answer three imperative questions. Where am I going?, How am I going there?, and Where will I go next?  Then, if teachers can thoughtfully integrate a few engaging and proven tech tools, their concerted efforts will greatly empower students’ learning capacity and interest. Check out the " Digital Ideas to Fine-Tune Feedback" below.

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​“Techy Tool” Tips
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Check for Understanding- Student to Teacher

• Provide Better Questions Using PearDeck- video​
• PearDeck template (Math and other) Pre-assessments

Use Interactive Videos- Effect size .54

• How To Create an Interactive Video Assignment Using Actively Learn
• Actively Learn DOK Questions

Goal Setting and Providing Comments

• Use FlipGrid For Goal Setting and Reflection ex.
• Feedback Comment Ideas
• Offer Comments Using Google Docs article

Differentiation and Self-Regulation

• Jamboard Idea To Differentiate Math
• Small Groups/Break-Outs

Clarke and Hattie. Visible Learning Feedback. 2018
Fisher, Frey, and Hattie. The Distance Learning Playbook, Grades K-12. 2020.
Hattie, John. “What Works Best?” 2020.
Gettyimages.com. Royalty Free image of Teen reading on her device. 2020.
Lieberman, Mark. “Discussion Boards: Valuable? Overused? Discuss.”2019.
TeachThought Staff. “How To Add Feedback To Student Writing On GoogleDocs”. March, 2019.