TEACHING 2 PORTAFOLIOPDF | Page 12

GIVING FEEDBACK TO STUDENTS. As teachers, it is essential that we make the process of providing feedback a positive, or at least a neutral, learning experience for the student. Unfortunately, many students have similar “educational” experiences like mine every day. Why is it that some teachers think that giving feedback must be negative and corrective because that is the only way a student will learn? The only thing I learned from my seventh grade experience was that public speaking, no matter how much I prepared, was bound to be a disaster. 12