Prescriptive Feedback
Recommended Practice: Provide prescriptive, informational feedback on strategies and effort.
- Overview & Tools: Video overviews and professional development materials
- Learn What Works: Expert interviews about prescriptive feedback
- See How It Works: Videos and sample materials from schools
Prescriptive Feedback
Girls in Math & Science > Prescriptive Feedback > Overview & Tools
This multimedia overview defines "prescriptive, informational feedback" and provides guidelines to teachers in how they can provide that type of feedback and the effect it can have on their students.
Resource Type
Overview
The Nature of Prescriptive Feedback (Part 2)
Girls in Math & Science > Prescriptive Feedback > Learn What Works
Dr. Carol Dweck describes how prescriptive, informational feedback might be used. Related Files: The Nature of Prescriptive Feedback (Part 1) (Video)
Resource Type
Expert Interview
The Nature of Prescriptive Feedback (Part 1)
Girls in Math & Science > Prescriptive Feedback > Learn What Works
In this video Dr. Carol Dweck describes the research on the effects of prescriptive, informational feedback and provides some examples of such feedback. Related Files: The Nature of...
Resource Type
Expert Interview
Encouraging Effort Through Feedback
Girls in Math & Science > Prescriptive Feedback > See How It Works
A sixth-grade math teacher describes how she praises students and corrects misunderstandings. Using individual and group feedback, the teacher addresses student frustration and communicates to...
Resource Type
School Example
Observing Feedback in a Math Classroom
Girls in Math & Science > Prescriptive Feedback > See How It Works
Download this list of strategies for classroom organization, feedback processes, and checking for students’ understanding integrated by Ms. Anderson into her regular math classes. Related...
Resource Type
Sample Material
Written Feedback on Classwork in Elementary Math
Girls in Math & Science > Prescriptive Feedback > See How It Works
See how an elementary school math teacher provides feedback on students’ work and effort using the number line to solve math problems. Related Media and Files: Encouraging Effort Through...
Resource Type
Sample Material
Teacher Self-Reflection: Prescriptive, Informational Feedback
Girls in Math & Science > Prescriptive Feedback > Overview & Tools
Use this worksheet to guide teachers’ self-reflection on the feedback they provide to students.
Resource Type
Tool
Observing Students to Develop a Feedback Plan
Girls in Math & Science > Prescriptive Feedback > Overview & Tools
Use these observation process steps with pairs of teachers to guide observations of each others' classes with the end goal of improving the feedback given to students.
Resource Type
Tool
Learning Together About Prescriptive Feedback
Girls in Math & Science > Prescriptive Feedback > Overview & Tools
Convene a school in-service session for teachers to learn about how to provide prescriptive, informational feedback using these suggested activities. Related Files and Media: Prescriptive...
Resource Type
Tool
