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Descriptive and Non-Descriptive Feedback
Descriptive feedback is a detailed analysis in written or oral that helps the learner understand strong and weak points.
Descriptive feedback is a very powerful tool for students in achieving successful learning. It helps a student find out
strong points in academic and non-academic areas, areas where they need to improve and steps to follow to improve
their weak points. For example:
• A Science Teacher giving a descriptive feedback to the students by explaining the mistakes done by a student in his
paper with detailed analysis and suggestions for each mistakes, “Question 3 and 4 are not written properly. You need to
make a diagram along with the answer and elaborate on the points more related to the functions each part performs.”
• An Employer giving a detailed analysis of the project report submitted by its subordinate, “The report needs more
focus on the marketing areas, data analysis charts with areas highlighted in terms of maximum and minimum sales
made by you. Also, specify the scope of improvements and inputs required by the management”.
Non-Descriptive feedback is written or oral communication that provides meaningful information but does not contain
detailed analysis and description of the feedback. For example:
• A Teacher explaining the number of mistakes done by a student in his paper but not giving any suggestion and
detailed analysis of the mistakes, “Questions 3 and 4 are not written properly. Please write more.”
• An Employer giving a verbal feedback of the project report submitted to his subordinates but no detailed description.
“The report needs more focus on the marketing areas and data analysis charts.”
Specific and Non-Specific Feedback
Specific feedback focuses on the specific points of utmost importance and should be conveyed to the sender. Following
are the specific feedback given by a teacher to her students:
• “The article you submitted for the school magazine is very well written and I like the way you portrayed the image
of a girl child facing social injustice.”
• “You have not done well this time in questions related to Profit and Loss in maths.”
Non-specific feedback is a general feedback that does not focus on any specific point. For example:
• “The article you submitted for the school magazine is good.”
• “You have not done well this time in exam.”
Positive and Negative Feedback
Positive feedback focuses on the sender's strengths, achievements or successes. It also takes care of the areas of
improvement and creates a positive attitude for the sender. For example:
• “Nice work done by you.”
• “You were really good on stage but if you work more on your voice modulation, then you can do wonders.”
Negative feedback it highlights the weaknesses and problems of the information that the sender has conveyed to the
receiver. It should be genuine or true to bring a positive change in the process of communication. For example:
• “You did not submit your assignment.”
• “You wrote your answers very badly.”
Tick ( ) if you know this.
Formal feedback follows a predefined format or blueprint to construct the structure of the feedback.
Descriptive feedback is a very powerful tool for students in achieving successful learning.
A communication cycle is incomplete and irrelevant without feedback.
The response of the receiver can be verbal or non-verbal.
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