2/7 Class: Giving Feedback

 Giving feedback can be a very difficult area to navigate with fear that being to critical or not harsh enough will be inefficient. In class, we were told tips on how to give feedback in the most effective way. 

In class I volunteered to take part in the feedback exercise where 4 kids including myself were blindfolded and asked to throw a series of balls into a basket. For each of the 4 contestants the class was told to give them different feedback on whether they made the shot or not. I was first, the instruction was to cheer no matter what (only positive feedback), the person after me received "boos" regardless if they made the shot or not (negative feedback), the third received no feedback (silence), and the last was told when they made it with a cheer and a boo when they missed. We learned from the demonstration and the number of shots made in the game that the person with unbiased (both positive and negative feedback) feedback did the best and therefore it was the most effective way of giving feedback.

We also learned, exaggerating is bad. I tend to exaggerate people’s positive traits when giving negative feedback to overcome the awkwardness, but I should not do this. It can give false confidence to those receiving the feedback. I believe that I am good at this since I am a direct communicator, but it can be intimidating when the person is not taking the feedback well





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