Responding to Another's Writing

Barriers and Fears

One of your first assignments was to answer four questions about responding to another student's writing. The comments submitted by the class are being collected and categorized so that we can all learn about giving feedback to each other.

The links in the questions below will take you to a page which summarizes the comments submitted by the class. (Be patient, some of the comments haven't been categorized yet, so those summaries are not yet available.)

  1. What is your biggest fear about giving feedback to other students about their writing?

  2. What is your biggest fear about receiving feedback from other students about your writing?

  3. What is the biggest barrier to giving feedback?

  4. What is the most important thing you want from other student's feedback?

Suggestions

The answers that everyone posted in response to these questions about giving and receiving feedback lead to some simple suggestions.

When giving feedback to others...

When receiving feedback from others...