One effective way for teachers to gather information about students’ experience of a lesson, or a teaching episode, is to get them to feedback on the learning that has occurred. ‘Exit Slips’ are a popular way to collect this information, and this can be achieved using a simple Google Form or other online survey tool (or paper surveys) to help teachers to gather student feedback too give an immediate snapshot of the teaching episode.
You can ask the students to give feedback on the effectiveness of instructional strategies, teacher interaction and their own learning. The forms should be designed to be completed in 2-3 minutes, on any device and can give the teacher immediate feedback. The whole class, or several members of the class can be asked to complete the survey - a small sample of students is often all that is needed.
You can select from this bank of questions and adapt them to your needs
For - Early years the questions can be simplified and icons like smiley faces used. The questions can be read to students.
These forms are designed to gain formative information; they are specifically focused on collecting data from a single teaching episode that will be discussed with the lesson observer to help the teacher develop their pedagogic practice.
You can ask the students to give feedback on the effectiveness of instructional strategies, teacher interaction and their own learning. The forms should be designed to be completed in 2-3 minutes, on any device and can give the teacher immediate feedback. The whole class, or several members of the class can be asked to complete the survey - a small sample of students is often all that is needed.
You can select from this bank of questions and adapt them to your needs
- I understood the learning goals and objectives for today’s lesson.
- I learnt new skills, or ideas in today's lesson.
- I found the content of today's lesson interesting and/or useful.
- I had some choice about what, or how I learnt today.
- I had time to practice and really understand the things we learnt today.
- I felt confident to ask questions about what we learnt today.
- I got useful help and feedback about my learning today.
- What activities, or parts of the lesson helped you learn? (open field)
- How could the teacher [insert teacher's name] have better helped you learn in today's lesson? (open field)
- List the main things that you learned in today's lesson. (open field)
For - Early years the questions can be simplified and icons like smiley faces used. The questions can be read to students.
These forms are designed to gain formative information; they are specifically focused on collecting data from a single teaching episode that will be discussed with the lesson observer to help the teacher develop their pedagogic practice.