Feedback Strategies

The best way, like the Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback article mentioned to give feedback to others is to do it in a constructive, positive light. If you're focusing on past mistakes, that might not always be the best method to prevent future mistakes - instead, engaging in a dialogue over mistakes you've made with the person you're trying to correct. "Changing the future" is the point of feedback, trying to change their mistakes in order to make them a better writer along with a more well-rounded person. Like the article mentions, showing how someone can be right instead of showing them how they were wrong frames their mistakes in a positive light, making it more likely that they would heed your advice over what you have been telling them about.

The other article that I read, Be a Mirror, I loved the last piece of advice that was given over how to correctly foster a growth mindset within their mistakes - it described that we need to avoid using "I" pronouns within corrections, framing it in a way that it's them who needs to make a change, showing that this isn't coming from a place of selfishness. Furthermore, I really liked how the article talked about the growth mindset, stating what it was (thoughts over their abilities) and saying just how important it was to foster it well.

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By Brooke Cagle