LS020: Feedback loops and fix-it time

Implementation steps

1. Decide your main feedback format for the unit (whole-class feedback, coded errors, or one target per student).
2. Write feedback in a way students can act on in 3-6 minutes (short, specific, visible).
3. Build fix-it time into lessons (same lesson if possible, next lesson if needed).
4. Provide a model or worked example for the most common errors.
5. Re-check outcomes, then reteach only what still remains weak.

Classroom routines

• Use whole-class feedback: most common wins + top three errors + next steps.
• Use error codes (for example, V = vocabulary, M = missing method step, E = evidence missing) so students can correct efficiently.
• Run a six-minute fix-it: students must improve one thing to a clear success criterion.
• Use error-spot then correct: show a near-miss answer and fix it together.
• Finish with a quick re-check (mini-quiz or one-question redo) to confirm improvement.

Adaptation guidance

• Reduce the number of changes for students who overload easily: one target only.
• Provide a choice of improvements (two options) for demand-sensitive profiles.
• Use oral feedback plus a written checklist for students with language formulation barriers.
• For transcription barriers, allow typed or voice output during fix-it.
• Use visual success criteria so students can self-check without heavy reading demand.

Staff language prompts

• Which success criterion are you fixing?
• Improve this by adding the missing evidence or method step.
• Rewrite this sentence using one of today's key terms.
• Compare to the model: what's different, and why does it matter?
• Show me the improved version and tell me what you changed.

Impact checks

• Faster improvement in recurring errors and misconceptions.
• Higher quality extended responses over time.
• Better student motivation because improvement is visible and achievable.
• More efficient teacher time with fewer repeated corrections in later work.
• Check whether the same error reduces in the next independent task, not only during fix-it time.