Helpful Feedback Strategies

Feedback is essential to growth. Another person's perspective is always useful for gaining a new insight. The first feedback article, and possibly my favorite so far, was titled Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback. It states how helpful feedback can be in all aspects of life especially for work and school. It's easier to grow and change when you have an idea of where you are and where you need/want to be. The "upward feedback' basically means that instead of focusing on the past, it's important to focus on the future for improvements. I somewhat disagree with this because yes, it is important to focus on the future, but keeping your past in mind is also almost as important. You have to remember your past mistakes to learn from them.

The other article I read was titled How To Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn. I like this article because it gives tips on how to give feedback and the tips are very useful. I agree with all of the different ideas they give such as it being goal-oriented, timely, and it is not vague. Feedback should have a purpose. It should be given in a timely fashion so that it is still relevant and useful in the near future. Feedback should also be straight to the point and specific so that the recipient is certain of what is being communicated. 

I feel fairly confident in giving others feedback. I think my main problem so far has been being too vague and not specific enough. That is definitely something I could improve on. 

Listening to feedback is important.

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Edit: Due to internet problems, I realized this did not post properly. Thankfully, my post was saved and I was able to repost it.