amanda conrad post 4

I guess I should write about something positive my teacher does instead of always writing bad things. One good thing I have noticed is how quickly she provides feedback to her students. I think it’s a good thing when she has papers graded and ready to give back to her students the next day, and sometimes immediately. This way, the students know exactly how they stand in her classroom at any given time. Also, if they do poorly on an assignment they are allowed to have time to re-do it with her if they want. She gives them time to come in to her classroom during lunch or before school or after school so she can make sure they understand the assignment. This is good because Marzano says that the best feedback appears to involve an explanation as to what is accurate and what is inaccurate in terms of student responses. Marzano also says that asking student to keep working on a task until they succeed appears to enhance achievement. I like the fact that she will work one on one with a student until they know exactly what they are supposed to do on an assignment and I think it improves the students overall behavior in the classroom also because they know what they are doing. I’ve found that if students do not know how to do something they will just goof off during class and distract other students in the process.