Feedback Strategies

Be a Mirror: Give Readers Feedback That Fosters a Growth Mindset

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First of all this article made a good point about growth mindset, and that we can either be narrow minded on our response to feedback or we can approach it with an open mind. Either way, feedback can be beneficial to writers. We've all heard the term constructive criticism, and this is very accurate. We cant always hear that everything we have developed is great and wonderful, sometimes you need to hear what you can improve and change in order to develop something better. This article brought a new approach to the way we present feedback. For example, there were 5 points that the article addressed in a way of developing feedback:

1. Be specific
2. Focus on what the reader is doing
3. Focus on the process and the amount of work they put in
4. Make sure it can transfer, meaning it can be reproduced
5. Take yourself out of the feedback

For me personally, I find it difficult to give feedback to people. I never want to tell someone their work isn't great, because I know a lot of time and work went into it. However, this article presented five good points on how to improve this. I definitely fall short on the fifth point in that I always use the pronoun I when giving feedback, and I should try to limit this myself.

The Difference Between Praise and Feedback

While this article focused more on praise and feedback in parenting, the information in this article can be beneficial to writing as well. I agree with the article in that we live in a world where being praised is over used. We give praise and encouragement with everything we do. When someone does something good, we give them praise. The phrase "Good job" or "You did well" are two phrases that have been overused. However, I think that praise and encouragement is still important. With giving positive phrases, can encourage individuals to work harder and try harder. I do see that there is a difference between praise and feedback, we do tend to give more praise then feedback. There's a difference between the two, and we can misinterpret it. For starters, we need to give specific positive praise or feedback in order to show that we know what's going on, verses just giving generic information out.