Feedback Strategies

For the first article I read, the title immediately struck a chord with me: Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!". If you've read my other feedback articles, you'll know immediately that the rest of this one is going to be interspersed with references to judging in Magic, and this article hits it close. One of the first pieces of feedback I got on my feedback was to avoid praise that wasn't specific, with a different reasoning than this article hits - by and large, so that people who are doing something well know exactly what they're doing well, and to keep it up. This article focuses largely on younger children, but the fifth point still stands well for everyone. When you simply say "Good Job!", you ignore things that may have been done specifically well, and you minimize things that could use legitimate criticism.

From the Feedback Cats

For the second article, I decided to look at a strategy I was unfamiliar with: Be a Mirror. While I'm not planning on becoming a teacher, feedback strategies for students is never really lost outside of their target audience. For example, the fourth quality from this article, how feedback can transfer is relevant in giving feedback in environments such as the workplace, where someone you're training might be training someone else. In total, this article offers a method of feedback that is not only effective, but sustainable in the long-term between more than just you and the receiving party.

Comments

  1. UnknownFebruary 8, 2019 at 11:41 AM

    Hi Gage,

    I am so glad that I read through your feedback strategies post. You hit on some very important points to remember. For example, being specific in feedback is very important. One of the worst things is receiving super vague feedback as you do not know how to where to improve. I also found the be a mirror article to be interesting.

    -Andy

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