In my student teaching, I had provided feedback to students after speeches in front of the class. Positives and things they could work on. This was done verbally and gave immeidate feedback and showed the class what to do well and things to avoid.
After sitting in class today and seeing a group evaluated, I am rethinking this approach. The group did volunteer to be a model, and they did ok, but I was not very comfortable with the way this was done. Maybe I'm more sensitive now, maybe I am tired, but this experience has really made me rethink the practice of verbal feedback.
Thing for me to keep in mind: I can give generalized feedback to the class if I see a trend developing. By giving general feedback, it spreads thenevaluation, so it's not just on one student (or group). This is not to say that positive feedback cannot be given to students. The more warm and fuzzies the better I say. More specific corrections can be given to the students or to the group individually, so as to spare the embarrassment.
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