RISE Up and Provide Meaningful Feedback to Students: RISE Model (Part 1)
Feedback is an essential element to learning, but why do many of us struggle with providing valuable feedback to improve student performance? I've struggled with this too. I recently read an article by Troy Hicks of Edutopia titled Make It Count: Providing Feedback as Formative Assessment , which provided me with valuable strategies to use to provide meaningful feedback to my students. We often think an Edmodo badge, a Google comment saying "Good Job," or a foil sticker communicates feedback effectively. Although, they are wonderful forms of feedback, how do we help our students grow? In Troy Hick's article, he mentioned the RISE Model for meaningful feedback and self evaluation. This model was developed by Emily Wray and was developed with Bloom's Taxonomy in mind. Check out the different levels of her model below: What does RISE stand for? R - Reflect When we reflect, we use lower level thinking skills to make connections, agreements, or disa