How to Utilise Feedback and Improve on Grades
Hi everyone,
Many of you will have recently received some of your first university assignments and grades. Hopefully you are happy with the grades you received, but often this new workload can be overwhelming, and you can feel unhappy with the results. Either way there is always a chance to improve and learn from our marks. So, I thought I would share some of my tips and create a thread for others to share their tips.
First of all, make sure to read any feedback that you get or read through the assessment criteria to see why you have received the grade you got. You could always contact your lectures or tutors if you didn’t get any feedback and would like some. Once I have read it I go back through and write down the points I could improve on and then next to it how I will actually improve on this going forward.
The best way to actually make improvements is by creating SMART goals. This just means making the goals/the how you are going to improve specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time based. For example, if I had run out of time on a project I may write as my feedforward to do one extra hour of work a day before I go to my 10am lecture. Another example may be if I need to do more primary research at the start of each month, I will find relevant exhibitions to visit and go to one every fortnight. Of course, keep your goals relevant to the feedback you get, but just by adding the measurable aspect means you are more likely to achieve them and improve.
I also take time to do a self-reflection on how I think the assignment went, where I think I can improve, did I manage my time well etc. This is especially useful if you don’t receive written feedback, you can basically create your own list of improvements. And don’t forget to reflect on where you did well so you can continue doing what led to those aspects being successful.
Overall, there is definitely a lot to learn from assignments and grades. Try not to be too disheartened and instead use it to improve and move forward. I have previously made other posts about dealing with deadlines and revision tips, so I will leave a link to those here:
How to Prepare for Exam/Deadline Season - The Student Room
Revision Techniques That Helped Me - The Student Room
I hope this was helpful and good luck for this term!! Feel free to share any tips you may have
-Grace (Kingston Rep)
Many of you will have recently received some of your first university assignments and grades. Hopefully you are happy with the grades you received, but often this new workload can be overwhelming, and you can feel unhappy with the results. Either way there is always a chance to improve and learn from our marks. So, I thought I would share some of my tips and create a thread for others to share their tips.
First of all, make sure to read any feedback that you get or read through the assessment criteria to see why you have received the grade you got. You could always contact your lectures or tutors if you didn’t get any feedback and would like some. Once I have read it I go back through and write down the points I could improve on and then next to it how I will actually improve on this going forward.
The best way to actually make improvements is by creating SMART goals. This just means making the goals/the how you are going to improve specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time based. For example, if I had run out of time on a project I may write as my feedforward to do one extra hour of work a day before I go to my 10am lecture. Another example may be if I need to do more primary research at the start of each month, I will find relevant exhibitions to visit and go to one every fortnight. Of course, keep your goals relevant to the feedback you get, but just by adding the measurable aspect means you are more likely to achieve them and improve.
I also take time to do a self-reflection on how I think the assignment went, where I think I can improve, did I manage my time well etc. This is especially useful if you don’t receive written feedback, you can basically create your own list of improvements. And don’t forget to reflect on where you did well so you can continue doing what led to those aspects being successful.
Overall, there is definitely a lot to learn from assignments and grades. Try not to be too disheartened and instead use it to improve and move forward. I have previously made other posts about dealing with deadlines and revision tips, so I will leave a link to those here:
How to Prepare for Exam/Deadline Season - The Student Room
Revision Techniques That Helped Me - The Student Room
I hope this was helpful and good luck for this term!! Feel free to share any tips you may have
-Grace (Kingston Rep)
Reply 1
Original post
by Kingston GraceHi everyone,
Many of you will have recently received some of your first university assignments and grades. Hopefully you are happy with the grades you received, but often this new workload can be overwhelming, and you can feel unhappy with the results. Either way there is always a chance to improve and learn from our marks. So, I thought I would share some of my tips and create a thread for others to share their tips.
First of all, make sure to read any feedback that you get or read through the assessment criteria to see why you have received the grade you got. You could always contact your lectures or tutors if you didn’t get any feedback and would like some. Once I have read it I go back through and write down the points I could improve on and then next to it how I will actually improve on this going forward.
The best way to actually make improvements is by creating SMART goals. This just means making the goals/the how you are going to improve specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time based. For example, if I had run out of time on a project I may write as my feedforward to do one extra hour of work a day before I go to my 10am lecture. Another example may be if I need to do more primary research at the start of each month, I will find relevant exhibitions to visit and go to one every fortnight. Of course, keep your goals relevant to the feedback you get, but just by adding the measurable aspect means you are more likely to achieve them and improve.
I also take time to do a self-reflection on how I think the assignment went, where I think I can improve, did I manage my time well etc. This is especially useful if you don’t receive written feedback, you can basically create your own list of improvements. And don’t forget to reflect on where you did well so you can continue doing what led to those aspects being successful.
Overall, there is definitely a lot to learn from assignments and grades. Try not to be too disheartened and instead use it to improve and move forward. I have previously made other posts about dealing with deadlines and revision tips, so I will leave a link to those here:
How to Prepare for Exam/Deadline Season - The Student Room
Revision Techniques That Helped Me - The Student Room
I hope this was helpful and good luck for this term!! Feel free to share any tips you may have
-Grace (Kingston Rep)
Many of you will have recently received some of your first university assignments and grades. Hopefully you are happy with the grades you received, but often this new workload can be overwhelming, and you can feel unhappy with the results. Either way there is always a chance to improve and learn from our marks. So, I thought I would share some of my tips and create a thread for others to share their tips.
First of all, make sure to read any feedback that you get or read through the assessment criteria to see why you have received the grade you got. You could always contact your lectures or tutors if you didn’t get any feedback and would like some. Once I have read it I go back through and write down the points I could improve on and then next to it how I will actually improve on this going forward.
The best way to actually make improvements is by creating SMART goals. This just means making the goals/the how you are going to improve specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time based. For example, if I had run out of time on a project I may write as my feedforward to do one extra hour of work a day before I go to my 10am lecture. Another example may be if I need to do more primary research at the start of each month, I will find relevant exhibitions to visit and go to one every fortnight. Of course, keep your goals relevant to the feedback you get, but just by adding the measurable aspect means you are more likely to achieve them and improve.
I also take time to do a self-reflection on how I think the assignment went, where I think I can improve, did I manage my time well etc. This is especially useful if you don’t receive written feedback, you can basically create your own list of improvements. And don’t forget to reflect on where you did well so you can continue doing what led to those aspects being successful.
Overall, there is definitely a lot to learn from assignments and grades. Try not to be too disheartened and instead use it to improve and move forward. I have previously made other posts about dealing with deadlines and revision tips, so I will leave a link to those here:
How to Prepare for Exam/Deadline Season - The Student Room
Revision Techniques That Helped Me - The Student Room
I hope this was helpful and good luck for this term!! Feel free to share any tips you may have
-Grace (Kingston Rep)
Hey @Kingston Grace 😀 Love these tips!
My tip I'd add in would be to work with your coursemates and peers. If you have friends on your course you're comfortable sharing with, set up a time to go over some of your feedback together and provide some constructive critisism. If there's something they've received really good feedback for that you've struggled with they might be able to help you improve - and likewise you might have been stronger in some areas you can help them with 🙂 I'd find talking things through informally with my peers would help me wrap my head around some of my feedback, and if I was still feeling confused after those conversations I'd ask if my tutor could meet me to go over my concerns.
Everyone is often feeling the same and your first few assignments can be a big learning curve so take every bit of feedback as a positive thing (even if the overall outcome wasn't what you'd hoped for) 📚️
Caitlin 🎓️
Official University of Strathclyde Rep
Reply 2
Thankyou everso much both for sharing these great tips! If I may? :
I'd recommend having your previous assignment next to you as you work on your latest one, so you can see the feedback and make sure that you are reminded of what your lecturers have suggested to do to improve.
Also, I would recommend going to your lecturers before you draft your assignment with a brief plan (either written or in your head), ask them if they'd have some time to meet and in that meeting tell them what you are planning to write about and ask them for their opinion and any suggestions on what you could talk about to achieve a high grade. A lot of your mark will be for your writing style but some lecturers are more than happy to give their opinions and suggestions for slant and content if you ask!
I hope this helps, best of luck folks!
Holly
University of Bath
I'd recommend having your previous assignment next to you as you work on your latest one, so you can see the feedback and make sure that you are reminded of what your lecturers have suggested to do to improve.
Also, I would recommend going to your lecturers before you draft your assignment with a brief plan (either written or in your head), ask them if they'd have some time to meet and in that meeting tell them what you are planning to write about and ask them for their opinion and any suggestions on what you could talk about to achieve a high grade. A lot of your mark will be for your writing style but some lecturers are more than happy to give their opinions and suggestions for slant and content if you ask!
I hope this helps, best of luck folks!
Holly
University of Bath
Quick Reply
Related discussions
- How can I improve on my academics ?
- Tips for getting 70% or above in assignments essays and reports and presentations
- Access to healthcare - how to achieve distinctions?
- How to Utilise Feedback and Improve on Grades
- University grading
- Is there still time to improve my grades?
- is anyone else doing really bad in uni (in terms of grades)
- A-level economics 25 marker
- Year 12 A levels for Medicine. Predicted Grades.
- Chem help please
- Can someone please mark my work out of 30 and tell me how to improve
- First assignment grade
- psychology uni
- My first grade was way lower than i thought
- Improving my grades in final year of undergrad!
- How do I get a grade 9 in all of my subjects as someone who has just started year 10?
- Eng lang and lit Alevel
- Can I get a 2.1?
- what grade is 25/30 in eng lit gcse
- Can someone please mark my work and tell me how to improve it
Latest
Trending
Last reply 3 months ago
Laptop vs iPad for universityLast reply 3 months ago
living away from home for university- pros / cons, advice ?University life
15
15
Last reply 4 months ago
Should I Appeal an Academic Misconduct Finding at a UK University?Last reply 4 months ago
Will I be an outcast in uni if I don’t use social media?University life
14
13
How The Student Room is moderated
To keep The Student Room safe for everyone, we moderate posts that are added to the site.
