Addressing the Three Feedback Quest

Addressing the Three Feedback QuestionsEffective teaching not only involves imparting information and understandings to students (or providing constructive tasks, environments, and learning) but also involves assessing and evaluating students' understanding of this information, so that the next teaching act can be matched to the present understanding of the stu- dents. This "second part" is the feedback part, and it relates to the three major ques- tions identified in Figure 1: Where am I going? How am I going? and Where to next? These three questions address the dimensions of feed up, feed back, and feed forward. An ideal learning environment or experience occurs when both teachers and students seek answers to each of these questions. Too often, teachers limit stu- dents' opportunities to receive information about their performance in relation to any of these questions by assuming that responsibility for the students and not con- sidering the learning possibilities for themselves.Where Am I Going?