PDFE 13

To better understand feedback, I observed a yoga class at Berry College and was able to see many example of extrinsic, instrinsic, knowledge of results, knowledge of performance, descriptive, and prescriptive feedback.

Extrinsic:
- Teacher tells a student "That's exactly how the pose should look" after seeing him complete a pose
- Teacher tells a student "I'm impressed with your improvement" after a difficult pose
Intrinsic:
 - a student feels the correct muscle stretch when she moves into a position
- a student knows she has succeeded in a pose because she no longer feels pain when doing it
Knowledge of Results:
- Teacher informs a student that she is going through the motions of a sun citation too quickly
- Teacher shows a student what her final pose looks like by demonstrating it with her own body
Knowledge of Performance:
- Teacher tells a student that during a sun citation push-up her arms are too far apart
- Teacher tell a student after class to keep practicing at home because she has noticed an improvement in many difficult poses
Descriptive:
- Teacher describes the difference in the intended pose and the pose the student is in to help her reach the intended pose
- Teacher describes which muscles the students should feel stretching during the current pose to help them know if they are doing it correctly
Prescriptive:
- Teacher says "Good, but next time, position your feet directly below your hips for better balance."
- Teacher tells a student an alternative method to use to go about reaching a desired pose

Feeback is meant to serve many purposes. The following are ways in which feedback can be useful along with examples from the yoga class I observed.
Motivation:
- "I'm impressed with your improvment."
Reinforcement
- "That's exactly how the pose should look."
Information
- Teacher telling a student to move her arms closer together during a push-up
Dependence
- I didn't see any examples of dependence in the class that I observed. I believe that it is possible, though, in yoga to depend on an instructor's opinion on how a pose should look. If a student were to ask after every pose if he were doing it correctly, that would be an example of dependence.