Feedback is designed to help you to identify your own strengths and weaknesses in a piece of work. It can help you improve on your work by building on the positive comments and using the critical ones to inform changes in your future writing. Therefore, feedback forms a critical role in your learning and helps you to improve each piece of work. As with all reflection, reflecting on your feedback should follow the three stages of reflection outlined in earlier in this guide.
Try to identify the main points of the feedback. What does it say? Can you break it down into main points or areas of improvement? Writing these down can be good to refer to later. You may find keeping all of your feedback in one place helps, as it makes it easier to look back and identify common mistakes. Identifying the main points of the feedback is the descriptive stage of reflection.
Once you have done this, move on to the critical thinking stage. How do you feel about the feedback? What are you particularly proud of? Is there anything you are disappointed by? Are there any points where you need further clarification from your lecturer?
Finally, there is the future focused stage of reflection. How will this feedback influence how you complete your next assignment? What will you do the same? What will you do differently? You may find it helpful to put together an action plan ready for when you begin your next module.
Naomi discusses top tips for reflecting on feedback from your assignments.
