Overview
Feedback is necessary for promoting students' learning and can be particularly motivating when it demonstrates a belief in students' abilities. Simple protocols like "I Like, I Wish, I Wonder" can help students give each other meaningful feedback that includes praise for specific areas of strength, concrete suggestions for improvement, and questions.
Through this activity you will be able to:
- Guide students through the process of giving and receiving productive feedback.
- Foster a culture where students ask questions, affirm each other's strengths, and identify areas for growth.
- Provide opportunities for students to interact with each other and build the real-world skill of giving and receiving feedback.
Conducting the Practice
Choose an assignment or in-class project for students to give and receive feedback on. This could be an essay, an in-class writing assignment, a problem set, or other piece of student work.
Demonstrate to students how to give feedback using the following simple protocol on a student work sample: Write down an affirmation or compliment on the work (I like), suggestions on how to improve (I wish) and questions that you have (I wonder), while narrating your thought process.
Partner students and specify the amount of time they have to review each other's work in silence. As they review, they should write down one thing for each category: I like, I wish, I wonder.
Once students have finished their written feedback, give them time to explain their feedback to each other. Be sure to specify how much time they have (e.g., 2 minutes each).
This practice was adapted from the Feedback for Growth Guide developed by the Learning and Development Group at the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research in partnership with PERTS.