I know that research says effective feedback is critical to increasing student achievement. However, I have this nagging question in the back of my mind as I spend this Monday evening grading tests (2 hours and counting), “Are the the students really going to read all my written feedback?” Then occasionally I have flashbacks when I was in high school when I anxiously waited for the paper to come back to just check out the grade. Am I alone in this? Is this how most of my students act?
[Thought] Maybe tomorrow my bellnote (bell work) will ask the students to summarize my feedback. Okay, now that I feel better (or more evil) I can continue grading…
