A comment such as develop this idea may describe a teacher's concern without showing a student where to begin. Feedback can be more usable when it points to a specific decision in the work.
Name the place and the purpose
Identify the sentence, step, or example that needs attention. Explain what the reader cannot yet understand. Ask the student to add evidence, make a connection explicit, or reconsider a choice that the assignment requires them to justify.
Avoid rewriting the entire passage on the student's behalf when revision is the learning goal. Leave a decision for the learner to make.
Allow time to respond
Build a revision opportunity into the lesson. Invite the student to describe what changed and why. If the comment remains unclear, that conversation can guide a more useful explanation.
The teacher can then examine the response rather than assume the feedback has been understood. A short exchange about one important choice may offer a better starting point than a page of comments without an opportunity to use them.
