GAO AU25, Feedback Preferences: Helpful by

2025-08-19 17:39:34 UTC

Feedback that is specific- identifies gaps, issues, or errors

2025-08-19 17:40:12 UTC

I find honest feedback helpful. If something doesn't make sense in my writing, I would rather know then someone trying to spare my feelings (:

2025-08-19 17:40:25 UTC

Organizational comments. It can be hard for me to judge if my train of thought makes sense to others, so getting feedback on that is particularly helpful

2025-08-19 17:40:37 UTC

specific examples that show me how to improve not just tell me

Specific Advice

2025-08-19 17:40:39 UTC

I found that feedback particularly pointing out stylistic errors were far more helpful that broad/general advice. I once had a professor highlight and break down why my topic sentences weren't flowing correctly and it changed the entire way I think about writing.

2025-08-19 17:40:44 UTC

I've always enjoyed feedback that points out angles I hadn't previously considered.

detailed feedback

2025-08-19 17:40:48 UTC

2025-08-19 17:41:08 UTC

Feedback with details!

2025-08-19 17:41:33 UTC

I'm visual- it can help to see a model that shows what the instructor is looking for.

2025-08-19 17:41:48 UTC

I find feedback that helps connect to specific areas/topics for clarity or elaboration is helpful

2025-08-19 17:41:54 UTC

When a professor indicates that the ideas are there, and that the structure and organization of the writing makes sense. While it might not be as specific, it helps to know that the "flow" of the writing, or body of work, is set up in a such a way that it will be sucessful.

I find feedback helpful in my writing. It is way to know how my audience understands what i am trying to communicate to them.

2025-08-19 17:41:57 UTC

Honest feedback

2025-08-19 17:41:59 UTC

Constructive criticism may hard to take at first, but it does wonders. I personally like honest feedback that looks specifically more at style and organization than content (obviously it can depend on fiction v. nonfiction)

2025-08-19 17:42:00 UTC

I always appreciate a pen color that isnt' red :)

advice that improves my own writing style and offers some positive feedback alongside the negative

2025-08-19 17:42:27 UTC

2025-08-19 17:42:33 UTC

It's helpful when instructors point out what I am doing correct when writing. It helps because you can then replicate what you are doing right.

2025-08-19 17:42:41 UTC

I think both positive and negative feedback are really important. I want to know what worked as well as what didn't.

2025-08-19 17:42:41 UTC

Feedback with suggestion was helpful to me.

2025-08-19 17:42:50 UTC

I would prefer a detailed feedback that shows the specific errors.

2025-08-19 17:42:57 UTC

Great feedback my previous students had liked was that instead of saying "vague", I asked questions to get them to understand how I would want them to be more specific or expand.

2025-08-19 17:43:55 UTC

Pointing out what I did well so I have a model to reproduce

Thoughtful comments at the end of the paper on what can be honed and what can be improved on

2025-08-19 17:45:29 UTC

2025-08-19 17:45:51 UTC

Offering additional questions that I can ask myself regarding the topic that follow or expand upon my own line of thinking

2025-08-22 17:09:03 UTC

Clear and specific feedback on changes they would like to see

2025-08-22 17:09:29 UTC

legible handwriting, comments are clear about which section/phrase they are referencing (arrows/underlines, linked on digital file)

2025-08-22 17:09:45 UTC

If being given critiques, its helpful to have the rubric with what categories aren't being fulfilled

2025-08-22 17:09:59 UTC

When feedback highlights the strengths first and only then describes areas that should be improved

2025-08-22 17:10:10 UTC

Feed back including questions that broaden my view. Ex: who are the people in the field already in conversation about this subject? In addition feedback that’s as simple as a name, leading me down a path of another source of information.

Specific and clear

2025-08-22 17:10:42 UTC

2025-08-22 17:10:58 UTC

When pointing out specific errors, giving a quick sentence or two with advice on how the error could be improved

Constructive Feedback

2025-08-22 17:11:21 UTC

Helpful feedback is the one that is constructive. It aims to improve the student's writing, instead of just pointing what is wrong. The feedback must be specific, addressing certain parts that need improving and providing suggestions on how to improve it.