Research Question:
How does the amount of text selected for side comments affect student response?
Categories of Analysis:
Are there questions within the question/comment?
How long is the question?
What message does the student get from the question/comment?
Does the font (size, bold, italic) come across as demanding?
Are the comments positive?
How many comments are within each paragraph?
Effectiveness:
In order to make sure your students understands the full idea of your comment, you have to make sure it is "short and sweet." Do not bold your response and also do not come across in a negative way. The student already took there time to write out a full draft for the teacher and are probably looking forward to your feedback, if it is negative, it will not give the student any reason to want to fix their mistakes.
To be sure the student understands his/her mistakes the teacher will need to keep their comments to a minimum. Make sure that as a teacher or a person who is providing the comments, you are always available to answer their questions and help them out with anything they need. Provide open ended questions and always try to make revisions and add comments to a paper through word processor on a computer. The amount of written comments on a paper, doesn't matter if they are good or not, always frustrate the person who wrote it. Do not make it hard on them. Make it easy on everyone - you included.
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