When a teacher tells a student that she is correct or incorrect, the teacher has just started formative oral feedback. If the student was correct, the teacher will identify why the student was correct with specific reasons based on the learning goal such as “You identified two different causes for the war.”

If the student was incorrect, then the teacher will decide whether to tell the student the correct answer or whether to help the student work through understanding the correct answer. The second approach helps the student much more. When a teacher helps a student to understand the learning , the teacher asks the student guided or scaffolded questions to help the student arrive at the answer. If the teacher has asked questions which require the student to think her way through the answer, then the teacher can ask that student another similar question and the student will be able to answer it correctly.

How do you respond to student's statements to improve their learning?

Dr. Harry Grover Tuttle focuses on assessing and improving student learning through low- and high-tech tools.

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