“This book is for anyone who wants to help others get better. I found myself taking notes in chapter after chapter because of the practical advice based on succinct summaries of research and evidence. I could incorporate the ideas in my classes the next day. The authors guide readers to better understand how to move beyond advice and evaluation to feedback that leads to improvement."
“This book is for anyone who wants to help others get better. I found myself taking notes in chapter after chapter because of the practical advice based on succinct summaries of research and evidence. I could incorporate the ideas in my classes the next day. The authors guide readers to better understand how to move beyond advice and evaluation to feedback that leads to improvement.”
Jon Eckert, Associate Professor Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
What makes this book different?
Feedback is one of the most significant influences on student learning. Indeed, if you remove the factors that educators have little or no influence over (e.g. students’ background; educational funding; or content of the curriculum), then feedback remains as one of the very best interventions to improve standards, expectations and collective efficacy. That is, if we get it right; unfortunately though, we so rarely do – indeed, one third of feedback has been shown to create negative outcomes!
This book puts all that right and shows teachers, leaders, support staff and parents how to ensure that all students receive, understand and use feedback wisely and effectively.
Book Features
As Arthur Schopenhauer once said, “Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in; but as a rule, the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.”
With that in mind, Challenging Learning Through Feedback has several features to help navigate the book, including:
- Margin notes with summaries of content and key points
- Section numbers to support navigation and cross-referencing (they also remain constant – unlike page numbers – when the book is translated into other languages)
- ‘Now Try This’ sections to guide and support professional learning
Intended Audience
Suitable for teachers, leaders and support staff working with students between the ages of 7-19. For those working with 3-7-year-old children, you would be better reading ‘Challenging Early Learning’ by James Nottingham and Jill Nottingham (2017).