ABSTRACT
One of teachers' core tasks is to explain and make things clear. Teaching is particularly effective when teachers try to see their instruction through the eyes of their students, when they try to understand how their teaching impacts their learners. Student feedback can provide us with information about the impact of our own professional actions, which is important for the further development of instructional quality. Student feedback is seen as an equivalent to evaluation, and is assumed that students grade teachers based on the mistakes that they make. This conceptual blur requires an explanation of what feedback means and what distinguishes it from evaluation, assessment, and ratings. This chapter presents various myths about student feedback. Student feedback serves the purpose of improving instructional quality. It must be distinguished from evaluation, assessment, and ratings. Student feedback has a demonstrably positive effect not only on student achievement but also on the satisfaction and health of teachers.
