Feedback Strategies

In my personally opinion, feedback always serves a purpose. It's the quality of the feedback that varies. For instance, praise feedback may make a person feel good about themselves, but, if the purpose of the feedback was to give constructive feedback, then it may not be as beneficial as critical feedback. That's my take on feedback anyways.

The first article I read was "Specific Feedback that Helps Learning." I think this is a good article that gives some tips on constructive feedback. In particular, I like the part about transparency since I've had experiences were I've spent more time trying to figure what the feedback is rather than improve based on the feedback. The second article I read was "Criticizing Praise." It's an interesting article to, say the least, and I can see where the author's coming from, but I can't completely agree with him. He states that praise is a form of manipulation which I can't quite get behind. With that said, he does make some other good points and that makes the article worth reading.

Operational amplifier in a positive feedback loop configuration.

Source: Wikipedia.