Teacher Feedback

Questions marked with an * are required

* Which of the following English composition courses have you taken so far?

Eng102

Eng103

Eng105

Please rate the following by choosing the most appropriate option on the scale below:

* What are some of the major difficulties and challenges which you face WHENEVER YOU ARE WRITING an essay / a paragraph/ a report?

Even if I understand the essay topic or question, I cannot come up with suitable and specific ideas with which I can start writing

I cannot organize my ideas and thoughts into distinct paragraphs – I just end up writing all over the paper and often go off-track

When the teacher gives me an essay topic or question to write on, I hardly understand it and hence cannot come up with specific and relevant ideas compose my writing

Even if I understand the essay topic or question, and can come up with suitable ideas to compose, the whole process takes me so much time that I can hardly finish my writing on time

I can never come up with the right words to use in the right places to express my thoughts and ideas properly; I also cannot use a variety of words or synonyms when required

I think I have problems with grammar and end up writing sentences that are hardly grammatically correct

Other

* The following questions are based on the essay that you wrote few classes back. Assuming that you have written the first draft of the essay in class, what are some of the major difficulties that you faced while writing that essay?

I couldn’t finish writing the essay within the given time

I couldn’t think of anything to write

I couldn’t find the right words and phases to put in my essay

Other

Do you feel that you’ve faced these difficulties because:

* In any of your college courses, did you ever have any “peer feedback sessions” where you were asked (by the teacher) to read your classmate’s answers and correct the mistakes in it and comment on making it better?

Yes, I have participated in a number of peer feedback sessions

Yes, I have participated in just about one peer feedback session

No, I have never participated in any peer feedback sessions

* How thorough, did you think, was the feedback (questions, comments and corrections) that you’ve received on your first draft from your peer/ classmate?

Very thorough

Okay/ Satisfactory

Not thorough

* Generally, did you find your classmate’s/ peer’s feedback on the first draft useful while composing the revised draft?

Yes, I found it very useful

It was a little useful to me

It was not at all

* How was your experience of GIVING feedback to your peer?

It was very easy

It was quite easy

It was quite hard

It was very hard

* In which of the following aspects of writing did peer feedback help you the most? (You can choose more than one answer option)