Cade Posner

For this feedback focused blog I read the two articles Be a Mirror: Give Readers Feedback That Fosters a Growth Mindset and Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!" I enjoyed reading both of these articles and found them to be very interesting. I really enjoy reading about growth mindset and I try to implement that philosophy into my own life. The first article Be a Mirror talked about the five qualities that foster a growth mindset, be specific, focus on the what, focus on the process, make sure it can transfer, and take yourself out of the feedback. These are all created to helping give feedback on others writings which in this class is very helpful with the amount of writing we do. The second article was even better. I find today so many people are ok with being mediocre or being par, as long as they get credit or pass. This article shows readers that people need to be pushed instead of being praised for mediocrity. Within the article there are some steps for people to give...

 The first article I selected to read on feedback spoke about John Wooden, the wines college basketball coach of all time. He has been a huge inspiration for myself not only on the playing field, but life in general. He was known for this life changing philosophy which he taught to his players at UCLA. His philosophy is continues to be shared worldwide to this day. This article focused on a study that was conducted in the 1970's, two psychologists studied Wooden. They recorded 2,300 instances of feedback, yet only 13.1 percent of feedback was emotion based. Over 75 percent of the feedback Wooden provided was purely information based. The Wooden research underscores the importance of focusing on the how in feedback, direct, actionable improvement items, stripped bare of politics as background context.  https://www.waggl.com/blog/2016/05/24/the-john-wooden-approach-to-actionable-feedback/ The Second article I selected expresses how to give effective feedback that ...