Feedback with impact and efficiency tips for assessing with assignments
Assignments are important for teaching students to apply what they’ve learned and develop practical, academic, and professional skills and higher cognitive skills, such as critical thinking. Assignments help students to better understand the subject matter and introduce students to real-life applications. Students learn to collaborate, work interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary, and merge their knowledge and skills into competencies.
Providing students feedback is very important in this process, it helps them understand their strengths and areas for improvement, but when it comes to guiding students and assessing, it takes a lot of time and effort from the teaching staff. All the more important to look for ways to ensure that the provided feedback has an impact and at the same time to look for ways to provide the feedback efficiently.
In the two checklists (combined) below, we provide ideas and tips for both. But every teaching situation will differ. Browse the list and see what you already applied successfully and what might be useful ideas in your situation for the future.
On the last page, we provide some more sources with ideas and tips.