Myth-Folklore

I like that we are studying these feedback strategies. As we discussed last week, feedback is an important element for improving ourselves and the work that we do. In other classes, specifically ones where we post discussions online and have to give our feedback as part of our assignment, I have always dreaded the task. There is a pressure to get the reply post submitted and this has affected the quality of my feedback, as well as others. One of the articles that I read was, How To Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn . In this article, I learned how to make my feedback "goal-oriented." In other classes, I am guilty of replying with, "Good job," "this is amazing," etc., because I found myself running out of time, I did not want to be the 'bad guy', and mainly because I did not know how to give effective feedback. Having learned this new technique, it will be easier to expand on other people's ideas, maybe throw out an ...

The first article I found was under the learning from mistakes  tab titled, The Importance of Mistakes , by John Cleese. I caught my attention because the title says it all, I am a believer of the importance of making mistakes. As Dr. Gibbs has pointed out, if we do not make mistakes, then we are missing out on an opportunity to learn. In Cleese's article, he tells the brief story of Gordon the Guided Missile . I have never heard this story before, but I am glad that I know it now. The article gave a great explanation of how it is important to make mistakes so that they can be fixed. Of course, there are some situations when a mistake cannot be fixed; However, we can still learn from the mistake, which is what is important. The other article I read, Seven ways to crush self-doubt , I picked from the list that Dr. Gibbs gave in this assignments instructions. I chose this article because I like lists and I struggle with self-doubt, which I believe the majority of people do too...