Formative feedback in medical education involves observing the trainee’s performance within a certain domain and comparing it against an expected standard. Formative feedback should be clear, specific ...

These efficient feedback strategies support student learning without sacrificing a teacher's nights and weekends.

While the content and focus of feedback offered to students will depend on each individual course and assignment, several principles transcend disciplinary boundaries. When setting up feedback ...

Want to know how your class is going? Just ask your students! Gathering feedback throughout the semester provides you with multiple checks on the student experience and allows you to make adjustments ...

Reinforcement-learning algorithms 1,2 are inspired by our understanding of decision making in humans and other animals in which learning is supervised through the use of reward signals in response to ...

Feel free to comment on what’s going on: How have you been finding the work you’re doing in this course? (Has the workload been manageable? Do you feel engaged with the course material?) What is ...

The idea of a more personalized approach to education has gained a lot of traction in the last decade. But there’s a lot of variation among those claiming “personalization.” Some are teacher-driven ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are the best ways to give students feedback on their writing? Part One began with responses from Anabel Gonzalez, Sarah Woodard, Kim Jaxon, Ralph Fletcher, Mary ...