Small Group Instructional Feedback
Submitted By
Donna Mulders, NWT Literacy Council, Yellowknife, NT
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How It Works
The SGIF (Small Group Instructional Feedback) technique is a great way to
get feedback from learners that involves the whole class. The purpose of SGIF
is to gather constructive feedback early on in a program to allow changes to
be made.
Learners use group consensus to tell a facilitator what they like about a course/program
and what suggestions they have for improving it. The facilitator then meets
with the instructor to discuss the results. Because it is open-ended, based
on group consensus, and is usually done early enough in a program, learners
who provide the feedback benefit immediately from any changes made as a result
of their feedback. The main advantage of SGIF is that it is confidential and
initiated by an instructor and the results are shared only with that instructor.
The process takes about 20 – 25 minutes of class time and is facilitated
by someone other than the instructor.