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Feedback Strategies

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 I have researched from: http://marshallgoldsmith.com/articles/try-feedforward-instead-feedback/ and https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2015/12/08/be-a-mirror-give-readers-feedback-that-fosters-a-growth-mindset  and I have learned of the importance in ones interaction of giving feedback, or as these texts compel me to call it, feedforward. The way in which this text truly makes me thing is during the second text it is explicitly mentioned for teachers to stop using personal pronouns (I) when giving feedback to students as then it comes across as what we need to do in order to appease the adults and not actually gain feedback, this reminded me heavily of my secondary school English teacher who would constantly use the personal pronoun I whenever I wanted feedback and it very much felt this way. When giving feedback I feel it is very important to substitute words and thoughts that would usually disgruntle or negatively impact a person with ones feedback that can...

Feedback Thoughts

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 The two links I researched: https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/44408/how-to-get-past-negativity-bias-and-hardwire-positive-experiences https://spencerauthor.com/seven-ways-to-crush-self-doubt/ While researching these links I felt I was becoming more aware of how the human brain perceives positive and negative experiences, while i don't believe myself to be a negative person I admit I can recall receiving constructive criticism once before back in first year and not knowing how to handle it, believing whatever it was I made to be simply not good enough. The brain fixates on negative experiences but I believe I have come a long way since first year, I have attended an Art Course and created multiple artefacts from last year that I poured my heart and soul into of which I asked feedback for and it was never all positive, that's not what you want, feedback is always going to be negative first but it's how you use this information that can improve mentality and also improve the art...