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I was sitting at my laptop marking up some labs and realized I had some students that kept making the same mistake as previous labs. So…this got me thinking. How can I get students to more carefully utilize my feedback? (This isn't a post to bash my students that aren't using my feedback.

I was sitting at my laptop marking up some labs and realized I had some students that kept making the same mistake as previous labs. So…this got me thinking. How can I get students to more carefully utilize my feedback? (This isn't a post to bash my students that aren't using my feedback.

Throughout my 21 previous years as a teacher, I have really struggled to provide meaningful (and timely!) feedback to my students on their lab reports. Teaching IB Chemistry has really forced me to get better - and I have. Yet I still feel like this is an area for more improvement.I've got a series of blog posts planned to share some ideas with you - and hopefully garner some discussion that will be helpful for me also! First I'd like to share the mechanics of how I provide feedback.