What to do with it
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OK, so when you get your feedback (and make sure you do go and collect it)
- Don’t just look at the grade. Yes, the grade you receive is important but that is all it can tell you. You need to read the rest of your feedback to know how to improve your next grade and how you got there with this one. If your mark is better than you expected you need to know why you so you can make sure you do the same next time. You can not change your grade, but you can improve your next grade by using your feedback.
- Read it or listen to it. Whatever form it comes to you in, whether it’s written on paper, on an e-mail or in an audio file, take notice of it. Your lecturer has spent time doing this to help you and just as you expect them to read your assignment, they expect you to read their feedback.
• Make sure you understand it You need to make sure you know what your lecturer means, if you don’t understand your feedback, it ends up being meaningless. Go and see your lecturer for clarification if you need to. - Think about it. How can the feedback you’ve received on this assignment help you with your next piece of work? Were there comments about your general writing style, presentation, referencing? Each piece of assessed work you do is not autonomous, it is possible for it to be applied else where.
- Talk about it. Whether it is with your lecturer for clarification and more detail, or if it is with your course mates, talking about your feedback can help you to better understand it. You and your course mates can also learn things from each other.
- Keep it. Even though you read your feedback when you get it, chances are you may have forgotten what much of it says when your next assignment is handed in, so make sure you keep it so you can refer back to it. It’s also nice to have a look at how much your work has improved from one year to the next.