From Feedback to "Feed-forward": Shifting Language to Invite Learners Towards Growth

Educators of all types - classroom teachers, administrators, support staff, coaches - are feedback-providers in various ways. Feedback is critical to the learning process at all stages. And yet, traditional feedback focuses on what the word describes, looking back. Lindsay Prendergast, discusses the impact of a mindset shift towards "feedforward" and the resulting impact our language and practices can have on student learning. RESOURCES Email:  [email protected], Twitter @lindspren Website, www.gradingforlearning.com The Feedback Fix by John Hirsch