Feedback: Descriptive or Evaluative?

Try harder next time.

You maintained eye contact throughout your entire speech; now you might work on your enunciation.

You solved the equation; however, you need to include a written or visual explanation.

Your grades on this midterm assessment were much higher than last year’s class.

You made some simple mistakes on your timeline. Make sure that your time intervals are all the same length.

Your writing has definitely improved.

You made some errors on your graph. Go back and check the names of your title, x-axis, and y-axis.

89% B+ Good work! I am proud of you. You should be thrilled with your progress.

You are so close to proficiency. With a little more work, you should be at a level 3.

Messy!

Your topic sentence is clear; your next step might be to add concrete details to support it.