IF YOU WANT TO:
- Keep students informed of their progress
- Emphasize the learning experience of exams and assignments
Returning tests and assignments at the next class meeting.
Several excellent teachers stressed the importance of giving students prompt feedback on their performance. "When I schedule student assignments, I block out my own time for grading them immediately following class," one engineering professor says. "This is important for two reasons. First, the quick turn around time ensures that students are still thinking about the assignment. Thus any criticism or feed back is likely to have a stronger impact than if it were delayed a week or more. Second, prompt feedback indicates to the students the importance of what they are doing and my interest and concern for their learning the material."
An English professor agrees. "The impact is enormous when you return assignments at the next class session. The students are still anxious to know how they have done. That's a tremendous advantage in maximizing the impact of feedback on their learning."
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