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Feedback Thoughts

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Feedback Photo. Source: Ausmed The first article I read was Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback . The thought of feedforward means to give suggestions aimed at helping the other person change. The idea is that providing feedforward rather than feedback, is less embarrassing and critical to the people on the receiving end. It's supposed to help people learn what they did right rather than what they did wrong. Feedforward suggestions aren't taken as personally as feedback and make people more accepting of the suggestions. It also tends to be much faster and more efficient than feedback. The second article I read was The Difference Between Praise and Feedback . This article was mainly parenting focused so it took some rethinking to get it to apply to the classroom. The other makes three main points of process praise, praise and personhood and praise vs. feedback. The first point of process praise describes praising the process of the activity or situation the person complete

Reading Notes: Dasharatha's Sons Part A

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Asvamedha. Source: Bestmoodle Characters in the Scene: King Dasharatha Kaushalya Kaikeyi Brahma Vishnu Shiva Indra Plot : King Dasharatha and Kaushalya conduct a horse sacrifice to please the gods so they can have sons. Setting : The north bank of the Sarayu river Story Idea:  I didn't really like the actual killing of the horse. I understand the background of sacrifices but I could change the story to just letting the horse roam free and wild as the sacrifice. I also think in order to continue their race, they might need more kids then just four. Source: http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/pde-ramayana-getting-of-sons.html