Do a lot of teachers give positive feedback on tests?
I give constructive feedback. I say something good, then something that the student can improve on. eg. Well done! Try to read instructions more carefully, it would have saved you from loosing marks in questions a x and c. Occasionally I give stickers as well! Before I ran out. Now I just those stamp thingys (I have one with 5 stars so I just spam stars when a student gets full marks). I know that most teachers at the school I'm teaching at usually give positive feedback but that might be because the standards are extraordinarily high at this school. But yes, as you say, I give them because they cheer students up. That is good since it encourages students to keep up their standards. And everyone loves compliments, students who didn't do well on the first test often improve steadily throughout the year.
What kinds of feedback can teachers give to help improve their students' writing?
Teach them about cohesive devices, especially the theme/ rheme pattern in informational text."Theme" is the known topic, typically as expressed in the grammatical subject. The "rheme" is the new information, typically expressed in the predicate. Within the paragraph, the writer takes the rheme of sentence #1 and makes it the theme of sentence #2. This chain-like pattern links the ideas together so that the reader understands the connections without having to puzzle it out for himself. The cohesion is often accomplished via synonymy, with the synonym is sentence #2 often a rarer form than in sentence #1.Students could learn this pattern by reading first. Newspaper writing is a good source for examples.
As a teacher, what feedback do you wish you could receive from your students easily?
How do you want to learn? Students learn best when they learn within the modality that makes the most sense for them. For example, if you like to tinker with things, then some sort of hands-on, kinesthetic activity will keep you engaged and probably help you retain material better. If students had the self-awareness and opportunity to provide this information, I would gladly welcome the feedback and incorporate those methods into my teaching. I often end up doing the same projects every year, even though I know that the make-up of my classes is different, and I know students would benefit from variety.Do you trust that me and your fellow classmates are all here for the same reason - to learn? The classroom shouldn’t feel like a room of individuals. it should feel like a collective all working to better themselves and each other. Establishing that level of trust and understanding from the beginning of the year will guarantee students learn and develop skills past the standard curriculum. You can read about my strategy of developing trust here: Those Dreaded First Two Weeks of School | Study.com
Do teachers give feedback to other teachers about students, in the following year?
Absolutely. At least we do in my school. In my department, we call it “The Scouting Report.”We usually do it when we’re sitting around in meetings on the first day of school before the kids come back. We grab our mail from our boxes including our class rosters. We sit at the same table during the meetings, so we inevitably start handing the rosters to each other.Anyone who is a serious problem gets an eyebrow raise, a set of pursed lips, and a small shake of the head. Superstars get a small grin, a thumbs up, and a slow nod. Students in between get the “so-so” gesture.Afterwards, we’ll get a bit more info when we’re free to talk. Some examples are:Hey… so Johnny isn’t a bad kid. He’ll start off trying, but about a month in, he’ll start slacking. Really bad home life. Handle with care.Sally is okay, but watch where you seat her. She’s a queen bee and can be a bit of a mean girl.Alejandro is a seriously cool guy. Damned hard worker. Really good in discussion. I recommended him for AP, so I have no idea why he isn’t in that class.Jenny is all about chemistry and physics. She’ll do what she has to to get a decent grade but doesn’t really care that much about English. Watch her. If you turn your back, she’ll be doing math under her desk. She’s damned smart, though.Sam is a sociopath.These are just some examples. Particularly notable examples may wind up becoming the objects of conversation in the lunch room. Everyone, for example, knows about Andy. That isn’t a good thing. He’s always disrupting, fighting, arguing, etc. He has been since he was a freshman. There’s a one in five chance that I’ll be getting him next year. I first ran into him (literally) as he stormed out of his freshman class after he threw a desk at another kid.Still, you never know how a student will get along with you. I’ve had kids who were totally great with me but who got a really terrible scouting report. “He won’t do anything you tell him to do” doesn’t mean everything.
How come acting teachers don't ever give me feedback on my work? Please help!?
Since none of us are your acting teacher, there's no way we're going to know why he does anything. None of us were there when things happen, so I guess I'm not sure what answers you're expecting. Maybe you just wanted to vent. As to what you should do, it seems sort of obvious. If your teacher doesn't provide feedback on his own, but does if you ask him directly, then what you have to do is keep asking him directly. I have to say that telling you that you have "no personality" when you present was not really that out-of-line if that's really what they experienced. Maybe they don't know why you don't come across with more of a personality and couldn't tell you how to change that. But that is helpful information to realize about your presentation so you can attempt to address it. Do you realize you said you don't think any "learning environment in acting should be critical since as actors we're going to face that out in the real world" and then you complain because you don't get feedback. You only want possitive feedback and not critical feedback? Feedback is a two-way street - if you react badly to the feedback you get, then people are not going to want to provide it. So maybe your teacher and classmates only feel safe about commeting about is to give you possitive feedback on your attire and looks. I'm NOT saying it's your fault. I'm just pointing out that you can't control your teacher or your classmates. What you do have control over is yourself and your reactions to situations. So you can complain on the internet about it if you want - fine. But to really address the situation, you have to deal with what is in your control - and that's your reaction to criticism. If everyone is critical of you in the "real" world and school is suppose to help you prepare for the real world, then you have to expect criticism. And not all criticism is accurate or delievered in a good way. So a skill you need to develop is how to filter the criticism you do get and use it to improve your performance. Good luck.
Should students always give their feedback/opinion to the teachers at the end of the semester?
Yes please, but don’t wait till the end of the semester to tell us that something is wrong. If you are having problems or if you see problems with a course, please tell your teacher right away. Many problems can me fixed if the teacher knows about them.What you say at the end of a semester helps teachers improve for the next group of students, what you say during the semester can help you. Student feedback is very helpful.
Who can give feedback on my college essays for free (minus teachers, family, and friends)?
I don’t think that there is someone else, except teachers, family, and friends, who are ready to help you for free. When I need something like this, I use help from this site https://writemypaper.today/custom-essay.php and always get what I need, so I advise. There is another option, though - I’m pretty sure that on the internet there are a lot of essays and feedback on them. You can read a lot of them and start to try to analyze their essays by yourself and compare to professional proofread. With time, I think, you will learn how to analyze your piece, find mistakes and correct it.
What could be the best feedback to be given by the parents at parent-teacher meetings?
My husband went to the parent teacher meeting of my son, then in 5th standard. The teacher said that he is a very intelligent child but does not want to study. My husband smiled and replied that when he grows old and understands the importance of hard work, he will do so; there is no hurry.That’s what I feel too. Children are like plants; some develop fast and some grow slowly. we have to give the space for development inside and outside the classroom.