Table of Contents
Preface viii
Acknowledgments xii
Hinges in Action xiv
About the Author xvi
1 The Hinge Factor. Feedback 1
Managing Feedback 2
Research on Feedback 3
Feedback for Instruction, Not Only Assessment 4
Small Changes, Positive Gains 6
2 Positive Deviants 9
The Soup and the Ladle 10
Small Changes, Dramatic Results 11
The Flip 13
Making the Small Changes 16
3 The Tell-Tale Students 18
Tell-Tale Students 19
Feedback and Goal Setting 20
Feedback: Self 22
Feedback: Effort 28
Feedback From Peers and Feedback to the Teacher 32
Feedback Throughout the Class 34
Feedback in an Instant 35
Feedback Works to Engage 37
A Good Set of Goals 38
Invisible in Plain Sight 41
4 Learn to Engage 43
Was I That Teacher? 44
Simple Technique: Turn-and-Talk 46
Feedback: Peer Teaching 48
Feedback: The Brain That Changes Itself 53
Simple Technique: Take Notes 55
Feedback: Self, Peer, Teacher 57
Goals to Guide Notes 57
Note-Taking Methods 59
Evaluation Scale or Rubric 63
Feedback Is a Two-Way Street 64
Putting It Together 66
Many Strategies Work 68
5 Feedback From the Teacher 69
Feedback by Walking Around 70
Feedback to Standards 73
Doctors, Pilots, and English Teachers 76
A Good Set of Goals 77
Prepare to Give Feedback 78
Better Feedback, Better Performance 83
Feedback in the Twenty-First Century 84
Feedback and the Unmotivated Student 87
Changing Grading Habits 93
Feedback in Large Classes 94
What Motivates Us 101
6 Feedback Changed My Teaching 103
Except 104
The How, Not the What 105
Twenty-First Century Feedback 109
You Don't Need Feedback Until You Need Feedback 110
Feedback for Myself 112
Everybody's Talking at Me 114
Tell-Tale Students, a Hinge Factor, and Positive Deviants 116
References and Resources 117
Index 119